Java Applet Compression

"Use Java on my site? Uh-uh. Way too slow."

We've all heard that before, and sometimes it's true. A lot depends upon whose Java you're talking about! All Cool Focus applets are distributed in two formats:

• Compressed Archives - a CAB and a JAR file containing the applet's CLASS files, compressed by up to 65%. Modern browsers (versions 4 and higher) will load these files, dramatically decreasing the weight of your page and taking only a single HTTP connection to do it.

• Java Classes - 'loose' CLASS files, which will be loaded by older browsers that can't read compressed archives.

There's no rocket science involved here. You just upload the CLASS, CAB and JAR files to the same directory on your server, and add a couple of short references to them in your HTML (they're included in all our examples).

For even more speed, you can use our shareware utility PackIt to create your own archives, adding images, sounds and other items used by an applet.

And you can use our Loading Options to stamp your site's personality on the applet while it initializes.