java again really

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 03 January 2008, Andrew Overholt wrote:
>Nigel Henry wrote:
>> I've tried to help folks out on getting websites that require Java to
>> work. Pre F8 there is no chance without Sun's JRE. On F8 the icedtea
>> browser plugin partially works. I say this because if you look at the link
>> below, the jigsaw applets won't load. If you go to the bottom of the page,
>> click on Site Map, then under the "Help Pages" Troubleshooting, then
>> someway down the troubleshooting page, click on "bubble simulation". The
>> bubble simulation runs, but each bubble is followed by thick black lines,
>> so something is not working as it should. With Sun's JRE installed, and
>> making sure to remove the icedtea browser plugin (as it still shows up in
>> Firefox's about:plugins, and wants to take precedence in trying to load
>> applets from websites (much as Totem tries to do with trying to play stuff
>> that it can't play)) the bubble simulation now works as expected, and the
>> jigsaw applets load ok.
>>
>> http://www.jigzone.com
>
>Please file bugs like this so that the IcedTea people can see them.
>
>Andrew

I may be in the same boat.  The contruction gfx at the top of the screen 
works, but the center window remains empty regardless.  The selected puzzle 
loads forever, except it says 'done' in the info line at the bottom.

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