Java Merits A Look...
Java suffers from a bad reputation. Most web surfers are inclined to think that Java is slow and cumbersome. They [myself included] see the familiar message: Loading Java Applet... and decide to abandon the page.
Java has incurred this reputation over the years primarily due to the relative "newness" of the language and the interpretation of how to best adapt its [Java] use for the Internet. The Internet, also a relatively new development, has experienced its own growing pains.
That said, this is not going to be a technical discussion about Java. It is also not a discussion about the pros and cons of Java over some other way of providing functionality to a web page.
It is a discussion about the ways in which Java can be a dynamic tool for the web surfer that is also FAST LOADING [even with dial-up]. In many cases an applet can load faster than graphics. Yes this is hard to believe, yet true.
Wired Pages is brimming with Java applets, tools and interfaces... This may put some of you off... I hope not. I would like for you to test drive my site. The following is a list of some of the Java tools and Interfaces developed for the site:
- World Weather Tool
- Mortgage Calculator
- Zip Code Retriever
- News Headline Feeds (ex. Political)
- Entertainment News
- and many more scattered throughout the pages of the site...
Do not be put off by the Loading Java Applet... message... the page will be entirely loaded in just a few moments.... and hopefully you will see it was worth the SHORT wait...
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