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What’s up with JAVA™: JAVA™ technology was originally developed by Sun® Microsystems, Inc. as a programming language that was particularly well suited for developing web-based applications that would run on virtually any computing platform or operating system. Microsoft® licensed this technology from Sun® and for a number of years, included the JAVA™ Virtual Machine (JVM) with every installation of it’s Internet Explorer web browser. Many web sites were (and still are) developed using JAVA™ technology. In 1997, Sun® Microsystems, Inc. and Microsoft® became involved in a legal encounter that ultimately led to Microsoft® no longer including the JAVA™ Virtual Machine with any of it’s products. If you have a computer that you have purchased since 2002, you may or may not have the JVM installed on your system. If you happen to visit a web site that is using JAVA™ programming and you do not have JAVA™ installed, you may find that some or all of the functions on the web site do not work. The Hapad web site is a good example of this. You can view all of our product and informational pages, but you will not be able to use our shopping cart system because it has been developed around JAVA™ technology. The good news is that JAVA™ is alive and well! Although Microsoft® no longer includes JAVA™ with any of it’s browser products, Sun® Microsystems, Inc., the original developer of JAVA™, has continued to support and improve this technology, and it is available as a free download from their web site. How to determine if you have JAVA™ installed on your computer: The fastest way to determine if JAVA™ is installed on your system is to visit the JAVA™ web site test page, which can be found at: http://www.JAVA.com/en/download/help/testvm.jsp When you go to this page and if JAVA™ is installed and working properly, you should see a readout of what version of JAVA™ you currently have installed, and you should see a small dancing character with a red nose. It will look like this:
If you don't see something like this, then you either need to install JAVA™ or you need to configure JAVA™ to work properly on your computer. If you would like to go directly to the JAVA download page, click here. Once you have JAVA™ installed, you’ll be able to fully experience the Hapad web site and any other web site that uses JAVA™ technology. How will JAVA™ affect my computer: JAVA™ is simply a browser plug-in that performs much like other browser plug-ins such as Macromedia’s Flash, Apple's QuickTime, Adobe®’s Acrobat Reader® and others. Once installed, it’s something that runs in the background and is virtually “out of sight and out of mind.” We hope this information helps you understand the need for
JAVA™
to be installed on your computer. If you continue to have problems
using our web site, please send an e-mail to our webmaster at:
webmaster@hapad.com. We'll be happy to try and assist you.
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