Posted by Sherman Pendley on 11/02/07 19:32

JWS <jws@my.home> writes:

> I finally managed to produce an applet, and put it on my page
> (using the <applet> tag). I tried to make it look nice, with the
> same background colour as the page itself. It looks just like the
> other pictures on the page, the only difference being that it
> moves when you press "run" (http://www.jw-stumpel.nl/bounce.html,
> bottom of the page).

One of the few well-justified uses of an applet I've seen lately. It's
not required to view the page, but it does add value to the page for those
who can use it. Very well done!

> However, when I print (or print-preview) the page, Firefox (on
> Linux and Windows) just shows a blank area where the applet should
> be. IE7 prints the applet area correctly.

As an additional data point, it doesn't print on FireFox/Mac either, but
it *does* print on Safari/Mac.

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