Mindterm 2.2 on OS X

[David Botsch]

For me, chimera, if it gets to the point of prompting me for a 
hostname, just freeze there.


On 2002.10.01 13:11 Kelly Kane wrote:
> Ok, now it doesn't load in Mozilla (well, Chimera .5, which uses 
> Gecko 1.0.1 i think?) However in IE 5.2 it loads up just fine. I 
> don't have to force quit Chimera, it gets to the ApptGate screen, 
> with chs.cusd.claremont.edu as the prompt, but i can't hit enter. It 
> seems to fail downloading one of the classes. I still want to be able 
> to use the bloody thing w/o having to download the cab/jar (and even 
> more, i don't like having to use a cab because of microsoft), and 
> then the entire contents decompressed.
> 
> Did you install the developer tools with OS X? I have, but thats 
> about the only thing different i may have done.
> 
> Well now i've restarted Chimera, and it seems like it just needed a 
> kick in the ass, however it seems to be working now, however slow, it 
> got one step further, and is trying to get me to the login prompt. 
> Now it seems to be doing the same thing at the login prompt, freezing 
> up while downloading one of the classes. Ok now you want to see some 
> really wierd stuff, try like option-clicking the applet, etc. It 
> seems to kick it into gear. Odd stuff. Good Luck :)
> 
> Kelly
> 
> At 10:16 AM -0400 10/1/02, David Botsch wrote:
>> What versino of Mozilla under 10.2 are you using?
>> 
>> did you have to do something different to get Mindterm to work in 
>> 10.2 (either with the java settings/plugins in the web browsers) or 
>> with the config options for mindterm?
>> 
>> As of yet, for 10.2, I've only gotten the applet to load, web 
>> browser asks me for permission to run applet, the mindterm window 
>> appears, and then I get the ominous spinning lollipop and must force 
>> quit the browser (both IE and Mozilla).
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> On 2002.09.16 14:42 Kelly Kane wrote:
>>> In OS X 10.1/10.0 i seem to recall that mindterm would continue 
>>> with the applet not initialized. However now in OS 10.2, using 
>>> Mozilla, Mindterm seems to load just fine. Sorry for the delay :)
>>> 
>>> Kelly
>>> 
>>> At 4:34 PM -0400 9/12/02, David Botsch wrote:
>>>> I was looking through mailing list archives trying for OS X hints.
>>>> 
>>>> Is Netscape/Mozilla doing the same thing as IE - trying to get the 
>>>> .class files from the web server?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2002.09.12 15:48 Kelly Kane wrote:
>>>>> hi!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 	This is funny, i normally have been ignoring the list, but i 
>>>>> saw something about 2.2/OS X and figured "what the heck" i'll 
>>>>> have a look see, and it's my install of Mindterm! Anyways,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 	Why ours works? I have extracted the JAR and CAB files for the 
>>>>> IE and netscape versions respectively. When you request that 
>>>>> page, it downloads the jar/cab file, then each file within the 
>>>>> compressed archive as a decompressed file. There are a zillion 
>>>>> files in there, try it out over a slower connection, in netscape, 
>>>>> and you can see each file come down. Take a look at our usage 
>>>>> logs at http://www.cusd.claremont.edu/summary_report.html, and 
>>>>> search for "mindterm". You will see the directory structure i had 
>>>>> to setup to get this to work. It's one big hack, but it works for 
>>>>> us, and it works for you. :)
>>>>> 
>>>>>  By the way, where did you find our install? Google?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kelly
>>>>> 
>>>>> At 12:35 PM -0400 9/12/02, David Botsch wrote:
>>>>>> I've purhcased, downloaded and installed Mindterm 2.2.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It works fine under Windows and under UNIX. Mac OS X.1.5 is a 
>>>>>> different story.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Both IE and Mozilla give me: Start: applet not initialized after 
>>>>>> putting up the standard grant/deny dialogues for java applets. 
>>>>>> To further the mystery, I can run the java applet locatated at 
>>>>>> http://CHS.CUSD.Claremont.Edu/www/computing/mindterm/ in IE.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm not sure what the difference between there and here is.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If you want a look, our test mindterm pages are at:
>>>>>> http://cf.ccmr.cornell.edu/test/mindterm for Netscape
>>>>>> and http://cf.ccmr.cornell.edu/test/mindterm/mindterm-ie.html 
>>>>>> for IE
>> 
> 
> 
>-- 
> Kelly Kane
> Claremont Unified School District

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