Name: gh8910 Date: 11/11/99



To improve the usability of Java applets with Java Plug-in
we should provide improved user feedback in three areas:

    (1) We should avoid hanging the main browser thread while
        the plugin and VM load and initialize. Currently this
        leads to a fairly disruptive delay where page loading
        visibly freezes and the browser GUI stops responding.
        If we can load and initalize the VM asychronously, we
        can allow the browser to immediately paint the rest of
        the page, leading to a much better user experience.

     (2) In each applet window we should provide a small progress
         bar or other GUI feedback while the VM is loading and
         initializing (including AWT initialization).

     (3) In each applet window we should provide a small progress
         bar to report on applet download progress.

This applies to both IE and Navigator.

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