On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 10:30:46PM -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:14:28 -0500 > David Boles <dgboles@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Look at the drop down window and 'see Java JE' (that is what you are > > looking for right?) click > > No. I'm looking for whatever makes java work in firefox. I don't > have the slightest clue that "Java JE" is that thing (especially > when there are umpteen other choices containing the word Java, > and judging from what I've seen so far, its probably really > Java SE, not JE :-). Tom, you have to understand that Java folks always assume that you know their arcane argot and that you Just Know(tm) exactly what you want in all that alphabet soup. That's why about every time I get some of that stuff figured out, they go and change it on me. A lot of this is designed by people fired from the IRS for writing things too obscurely. It also applies to Java applications like Eclipse and packages like Struts. It isn't just the Sun folks. How the hell are we supposed to know that something called "icedtea" has anything to do with Java? People who name projects something "kewl" but that obscures the nature of the project are not thinking "user friendly". It gets worse. Don't try actually programming anything more complex than a command line "Hello World" program. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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