Applet not working in browser, works with appletviewer

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to use an Applet program from the tutorials which keeps on displaying time in the HTML page:
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.applet.Applet;
public class home_page extends Applet implements Runnable {
    private Thread clockThread = null;
    public void init()
    public void start() {
        if (clockThread == null) {
            clockThread = new Thread(this, "Clock");
            clockThread.start();
    public void run() {
        Thread myThread = Thread.currentThread();
        while (clockThread == myThread) {
            repaint();
            try {
                Thread.sleep(1000);
            } catch (InterruptedException e){
            // the VM doesn't want us to sleep anymore,
            // so get back to work
    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        // get the time and convert it to a date
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        Date date = cal.getTime();
        // format it and display it
        DateFormat dateFormatter = DateFormat.getTimeInstance();
        g.drawString(dateFormatter.format(date), 5, 20);
    // overrides Applet's stop method, not Thread's
    public void stop() {
        clockThread = null;
}When i use this program in the browser, i cannot see the clock but i'm able to see only a gray box. I'm using the applet tag within the HTML page.
I can see the same compiled applet running successfully with appletviewer program.
Please help me out of this predicament.
-Manish

Answer 1

I have recently had the same problem, after lots of searching, I found that only Java 1.1 is supported by browsers, leaving out everything else including swing. So if you cant play the applet through your browser you need to download the appropriate patch i think about 5mbs.
You should find one at java.sun.com/getjava/download.html
Mine worked fine afterwards