Posted by Roy A. on 10/21/07 07:13

On 18 Okt, 14:24, Neredbojias <monstersquas...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:22:43 GMT
> JWS scribed:
>
>
>
> > This must surely be a FAQ, but Googling hasn't helped much so far.
>
> > I am trying to learn Java, because one of my pages needs an
> > applet. The question is: how to put the applet on the page, in
> > such a way that the applet works both in Mozilla and IE, *and* the
> > page still validates as HTML 4.01 strict.
>
> > I tried
>
> > <p>
> > <object codetype="application/java"
> > classid="java:DrawingLines.class"
> > width="300" height="300">
> > You should have seen a Java applet that draws lines.
> > </object>
>
> > which is valid html strict, it works in Mozilla (XP and Linux),
> > but IE7 only shows the fallback text.
>
> > If I say
>
> > <p>
> > <applet code="DrawingLines.class" width="300" height="300">
> > You should have seen a Java applet that draws lines.
> > </applet>
>
> > it works in Mozilla and IE7, but does not validate as html strict.
> > Is there a better way to do this, or should I just not bother and
> > be happy with validation as "transitional"?
>
> Insert the first example using some method to hide it from ie [which
> probably would be javascript- or server-side scripting]

or an ie conditional comment?

<!--[if !IE]> <!-->
....
<!--<![endif]-->

> and place the
> second in an ie conditional comment.
>
> --
> Neredbojiashttp://www.neredbojias.com/_u/numanumayei.aac

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