Re: NMRView NvJ 8.0a1 requires at least Java 1.5

[Tara Sprules <tara.sprules@xxxxxxxxx>]

This may be a silly question as I am slow to update stuff, but from what I 
can figure out on the Mac website if I'm using OS 10.3.9 I'm stuck at Java 
1.4? Or does it really matter?

Thanks,

Tara



On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Bruce Johnson wrote:

> From: Bruce Johnson <nmrview@xxxxxxx>
> To: NMR <nmrview@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: NMRView NvJ 8.0a1 requires at least Java 1.5
>
> With NvJ 8.0a1 I've started using some features of Java that are only present 
> in Java 1.5 and later.  Also, I've fixed the bug that prevented NvJ from 
> working with Java 1.6.  If anyone only has Java 1.4, and can't move to 1.5 or 
> 1.6 let me know as I can still probably build versions that will check for 
> 1.5 features and only use them if present (though I'd rather not do too much 
> of this).  Generally you should find the code is faster with 1.5 and even 
> faster in 1.6 and unless your stuck in a company that won't let you go to 1.5 
> for fear it might break something there shouldn't be any reason not to 
> upgrade.
>
> Bruce

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