HotJava Views

HotJava Views was a productivity software suite developed by Sun Microsystems and implemented in Java. It was released in 1996 and was intended primarily for JavaStation or other JavaOS-based network computers. HotJava Views consisted of four applications: MailView IMAP4 e-mail client CalendarView Group scheduling WebView HotJava web browser NameView Directory services The graphical user interface of HotJava Views was quite novel in that it dispensed with some of the common features of GUIs in order to simplify the interface. Menu bars and overlapping, resizable windows were eliminated, and a simple Selector icon bar was used to switch between applications. Other third-party Java applications could be added to the Selector.

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HotJava Views was a productivity software suite developed by Sun Microsystems and implemented in Java. It was released in 1996 and was intended primarily for JavaStation or other JavaOS-based network computers.

HotJava Views consisted of four applications:

MailView: IMAP4 e-mail client
CalendarView: Group scheduling
WebView: HotJava web browser
NameView: Directory services

The graphical user interface of HotJava Views was quite novel in that it dispensed with some of the common features of GUIs in order to simplify the interface. Menu bars and overlapping, resizable windows were eliminated, and a simple Selector icon bar was used to switch between applications. Other third-party Java applications could be added to the Selector.

References

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Halfhill, Tom R. (July 1997). "Good-Bye, GUI....Hello, NUI". BYTE. Archived from the original on 2005-09-24. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
"Sun Microsystems unveils HotJava Views". Business Wire. 1996-10-29. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
"Designing HotJava Views White Paper". Internet Archive. 2004-06-04. Archived from the original on 2004-06-04. Retrieved 2011-02-03.

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