Hey all,
I'm working on a big project right now and I've been programming to stay compatible with 1.4.2. While I would love to use generics and enums, I wish as many people to use my
applet with the minimal fuss. Two things stand in the way of that:
1) Download of the JRE for those that don't have one.
2) Download of an update to JRE for those who aren't up to do.
I can't help 1). As it stand
Java is the most popular web interface that allows local disk access (though IE7 in protected mode on Vista is potentially a big problem in this regard).
As for 2) I can try and use the oldest yet reasonably stable version of Java which is 1.4.2.
But I would like to try and assess the impact of 1) and 2) and try to plan for it. I have heard vague statistics from Sun. But is there an independant survey that can say that of a particular website..
1) x% don't have Java
2) x% have version 1.x
If anyone can shed light on this I would be grateful.
Cheers,
Jarrod
ps. Wasn't sure exactly where to post this... I hope this section is okay.