From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 08:58:17 +0800
To: Bill Stewart <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: java security
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At 23:35 4/21/96, Bill Stewart wrote:

>Were they Java, or JavaScript?  Much different.  Among other things,
>JavaScript runs on Win3.1, and Netscape doesn't let you turn it off.
>I've had at least one event of JavaScript crashing Netscape; the part
>of the script I noticed was scrolling lots of stuff along the bottom

Javascript started the new browser. The renegade applet was Animator, which
is Java, I believe.

I didn't spend much effort investigating it, since I try to stay away from
doing things over that have hosed my system twice in a row. Win95, Atlas
beta. The offending page was http://www.dippybird.com/java.html


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