The trip I’m going to be taking to Africa is part of a class. So I have some assigned readings, and we’re supposed to be commenting in an online forum.

I’m having problems right now, because the ‘online forum’ is randomly comprised of Java applets. Not only is it the worst layout I’ve ever seen, but there is no reason for Java to be used.

The reason I’m complaining so loudly about it, though, is that it seems to be crashing Firefox on Linux right now. They need a <textarea> and a submit button. No Java. Why would they even think it was a good solution?