HotJava Views
For the HotJava web browser, see HotJava.
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
- Tom R. Halfhill (July 1997). "Good-Bye, GUI....Hello, NUI". BYTE. 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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