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+Write once, run everywhere
+==========================
+ Good idea, but still wishful thinking.
+
+ From my experience I would like to add:
+ "Write once, run everywhere, show the same behaviour!"
+
+
+Known bugs and failures:
+========================
+
+- Cut-and-paste
+ I have not included any code for cut-and-paste. However,
+ cut-and-paste should work fine under Unix. Cut-and-Paste
+ also works in MS IE 3.0 under Mickeysoft Windows. For most of
+ the other platforms (MacOS etc.) and browsers (Netscape etc.)
+ cut-and-paste does not work.
+
+- Security exception
+ Various versions of Netscape throw a security exception when
+ I try to suspend the thread of the proof search. I have caught
+ this exception, but my literature does not tell me how to resume
+ safely from this exception. In effect the proof search enumerates
+ all possible proofs for a sequent and subsequently stops. The user
+ has no control over how many proofs are shown (the corresponding
+ windows might appear over each other). This unintended behaviour
+ has been encountered in:
+
+ - Netscape Navigator 3.0 Gold under MS Windows'45
+ - Netscape Navigator 3.0 under MacOS
+ - Netscape Communicator 4.0 under MacOS
+ - Netscape Navigator 3.01 Gold under Linux
+ (But here a "catch" of this exception and a "do nothing"
+ helps. God knows why.)
+ - possible others
+
+- Boxes around the sequents in proofs
+ I have modified the "Label" class such that the "MyLabel" class
+ has a surrounding box. This improves the readability of the proofs.
+ However, this feature works ONLY under Unix. The boxes do not
+ appear in MS Windows and MacOS (reason unknown).
+
+- Flickering messages
+ The applet prints some messages ("Grammar error", "No more proofs",
+ "Not provable", etc.) in a field below the control buttons.
+ In some browsers the messages only flicker for a short time.
+ Other browsers show the messages correctly (reason unknown).
+
+
+The applet has been tested under (but see restrictions and bugs):
+=================================================================
+
+Linux:
+ Netscape Navigator 3.01 Gold
+ Netscape Communicator 4.03, 4.04, 4.07
+ HotJava 1.1 beta2 (Linux-port)
+ SUN's appletviewer for JDK 1.1.3
+
+Win'95:
+ Netscape Navigator 3.0 Gold
+ Netscape Communicator 4.01a
+ MS Internet Explorer 3.0.2
+ MS Internet Explorer 4.0
+
+MacOS:
+ Netscape Navigator 3.0
+ Netscape Communicator 4.0
+ MS Internet Explorer 3.0.1b1 (PowerPC)
+
+
+Any comments on success or failure for other
+environments and platforms are appreciated.
+
+Christian.Urban@cl.cam.ac.uk
+