Usability of Java applets on the web

Question

For our eLearning project in our university, we are using Java applets to show some interactive stuff (like some interactive function plotting or some simple question/answer

Answer 1

Try WebStart. Basically, it allows you to start a standalone Java application from a web link. All your resources are cached client-side, so subsequents starts are much faster.

From the link you've sent, there seems to be a problem with Geonext. It does not seem to work well when there are several instances on the same page.

Have you tried to run the Geonext screens in a standalone Java application? It could also be a issue with your input data.

As far as the look and feel is concerned, you can set it explicitly if you want it to be OS independent.

It's quite possible that Geonext uses some static variables. This could create race conditions when a page contains several instances opened. You might want to check the documentation...