[Gllug] How to save page with java applet??

[Emon]

Paul Rayner wrote:
> 
> Applets are small programs (usually written in Java) which can run in 
> your web browser, and are often used to avoid some of the limitations of 
> normal html pages - allowing the authors to do fancy things with 
> graphics, buttons etc. Applets normally run with a reduced set of 
> privileges (called a sandbox) - they can only talk to the server that 
> you downloaded the applet from (the website you were viewing), and 
> shouldn't be able to make any changes to your system, so are relatively 
> safe.
> 
> The applet on this page is a bit different. It's a signed applet. When 
> you first loaded it you would have seen a pop-up asking if you "trusted" 
> the applet. Accepting the default "yes, I trust it" will give the applet 
> many more privileges (the same privileges as the user you loaded it as), 
> so it can access local files, and contact any remote server it wishes 
> to. Make sure you really do trust an applet before you agree to "trust" 
> it - think of it like "do you wish to run this application" on Windows.
> 

Thanks you very very much for that insight into applets, really 
appreciate it.

>>
>> The page loaded fine, I saved it, then disconnected, & tried loading the
>> page from my home folder, but mozilla says "Loading java applet failed"
>>
> 
> Signed applets are normaly needed for one of two reasons:
> 
> 1) The applet needs access to local resources
> 
> 2) The applet needs to contact servers online other than the one from 
> which you loaded it.
> 
> In the case of 1), seeing as you stated that the site was IE oriented, 
> the functionality requiring access to local resources probably wouldn't 
> work under linux
> 
> In the case of 2), it won't work when you're not connected to the internet.
> 
> If you trust this applet, and want to try to run it offline, you could 
> try downloading the archive containing the applet, from:
> 
> http://www.worldcupchart.com/wcup.jar
> 
> and saving it in the same directory as you saved the html page. This 
> might work, but I can't verify it as I don't trust the applet, sorry.
>

Yup it worked!! How did you know which file to download!! amazing, I 
can't thank you enough.

BTW when you said that you *DON'T TRUST THE APPLET* were you being 
cautious, or do you really think that there really might be somthing 
fishy about this applet.

Thanks again
Emon

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