What browser should I use?

If you haven't decided yet, what browser you're going to use to run Q, we'll have some recommendations for you.

HotJava

If you have HotJava version 1.1 or higher already available on your computer, we strongly recommend to use Hotjava. HotJava may not be your favorite browser, but it's the best browser to use for running applets.
Advantages of using HotJava are:

• Java 1.1 is already available on your browser and works perfectly.
• You can very well configure your security settings. For each different applet you're running you can change the settings.
• It requires less disk space than Netscape and the Internet Explorer.

Disadvantages of using HotJava are:

• It's not so user-friendly, because it's a browser that is most of all developed to make Java applets run perfectly.

Internet Explorer

Versions 4.0 and higher all have java 1.1 available. You can configure your security settings, but you don't have as much possibilities for doing this as in Hotjava. However, if you don't have HotJava available, the Internet Explorer also works quite well.
Advantages of using the Internet Explorer is:

• Java 1.1 is already available on your browser.
• The security settings are rather easy to change.

Disadvantages of using the Internet Explorer are:

• It requires a lot of harddisk space.
• It's a Microsoft Application :)

Netscape Navigator

There are two disadvantages of using Netscape to run the Q applet. Netscape 4.05 doesn't have full Java 1.1 support. Therefore you'll need to download a special version of Netscape 4.05 that does support Java 1.1. Click on the icon to get more information on this. Furthermore, in Netscape it won't be possible to load and save Qfolios.
The Advantage of Netscape is:

• It is the most popular browser at this moment, and you're probably used to working with Netscape. Netscape is installed on most systems.

Disadvantages of Netscape are:

• It requires a lot of harddisk space.
• There's no standard version yet that supports Java 1.1, so you have do download a special version or a patch.
• It's very difficult to change the security settings