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Foil 82 Sun's Animator.class Applet

From CPS616 Lectures on Java CPS616 Basic Information Track for Computational Science -- Winter-Spring Semester 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE
Sun distributes a general purpose Animation applet with the Java Development Kit
Advantages:
  • 1. quick: users don't have to write their own program in order to get interesting animation effects.
  • 2. flexibility: user can assign the directory and the file name for the image frame and sound files by using imagesource, soundsource, soundtrack, and sound parameters in applet tag.
Disadvantage:
  • 1. Image blinking: This applet fail to use double buffering and one can see serious blinking on screen.
  • 2. Separating the frames into different files makes it easy to program but will slow down the image loading process.

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