Mac note for roulette simulator
Netscape 4.x on the Mac seems to drop some Java repaint() instructions.
As a result, when the simulation pauses for you to decide whether to go
on or not, parts of the display you see are one step behind what you are
supposed to be seeing. When the top line tells you that you have lost $10,
the panels below may show your net gain as $-9, not $-10 as it should be.
We found this behavior on an iMac and on a G4, running OS 9.
The workaround is to force Netscape to repaint the applet on your screen.
To do that you can:
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Use the right scrollbar to move the applet out of view and then back into
view. or
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Resize the applet with your mouse, or
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Resize the Netscape window.
Maybe the next version of Netscape for the Mac will do better. Netscape
for Windows does not do this.
Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) for the Mac is worse!
IE for the Mac will not fully load the Risk tutorial. It runs out
of memory, no matter how much memory we give IE. Even on a G4 with 256MB
of memory and no other applications running,
IE runs out of memory before it has loaded half of the Risk tutorial
applets!
Use your browser's Back command to return to the referring page..
Mac users: Please let me know
if you experience the difficulties described here, or if you don't experience
them. If you have solutions, I am especially interested!