Applet, Netscape and Opera but not IE, encore

Question

I've got the following trivial applet that runs under Netscape and Opera, but not under IE. It's also at www.MartinRinehart.com as the ColorChooser choice. There's a half dozen Dukes from previous posts, and my sincere gratitude for anyone who can tell me what I need to do so IE doesn't say "Load: class CCApplet not found."
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Button;
import java.awt.Label;
public class CCApplet extends java.applet.Applet {
     public void start() {
          Label l = new Label( "CCApplet!" );
          setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
          add( l, BorderLayout.NORTH );
          add( new Button("South"), BorderLayout.SOUTH );
} // end of class CCAppletThe .class is in the same directory as the .html. Putting it in a .jar doesn't seem to matter. My IE runs other applets from the web, but not the ones I write. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The applet runs for me in IE with 1.5.0_02, XP Pro (current updates), with class and html files in same directory.
Check that everything in IE's Java Plug-in is valid and correct. Check IE's Internet Options.
What JVM version are you wanting the applet to be able to run with? What does this statement mean? "...most visitors can use without knowing what a JRE is."
To get greatest compatibility, use code that conforms to the 1.1 API, compile to that target version, possibly use the old 1.1 libraries, and then test each jvm. (BTW - Swing has limited compatibility - it isn't MS compatible, and wasn't [Sun] standard until jvm version 1.2.)