Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Less numbers, more roleplaying.

[Matt Chatterley <root#mpc,dyn.ml.org>]

On Fri, 28 Nov 1997, Chris Gray wrote:

> [Jon L:]
> 
> :I will be requiring users to use Nutscrape, Internut Exploder or
> :SomeOtherJavaEnabledBrowser to access my mud.	This will likely doom
> :my mud to relative obscurity.	Very few potential players will have
> :access to this technology. :P	
> 
> I hate browsers so much that I want my Java client to work as a stand-alone
> application, run with 'java'. I'll likely make an applet version, too. I
> was just reading in a Java book last night that the sound playing stuff
> comes from the Applet library - I hope its useable outside applets!

Unsure on the validity of this, but:

You can code a program in Java in such a fashion that it will run as
*either* an applet or an application (so you could use the same code). Not
sure if this lets you use Applet libraries in your application (probably
not), but I can't believe the Application libs would be wholly without
sound support. :)

Regards,
	-Matt Chatterley
"I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world." -Einstein