Group Scribbles

Getting Group Scribbles

Group Scribbles is a cross-platform application that runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and mobile devices. Installers for all three platforms are available below. On Windows, Group Scribbles can also be launched using Java Web Start. The Java Web Start version does not yet work on Mac OS X (see Notes below).

Current version: 1.0.3
Requirements: Java 1.4 or higher

Important Note

For the clients below to work, you must have a tuple server running somewhere. The clients below assume that you have a tuple server running on your local host. See how to set up and run your tuple server.

Client Installers:

Installer for Windows
Installer for Mac OS X (Note: The Mac version has serious known issues; we recommend using the Windows version if you have an option.)
Mobile Devices (runs from Windows)

Java Web Start (Windows Only)

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Java Web Start Notes

Mac

Unfortunately, Macs won't work with webstart and the SWT GUI Libraries we used to build Group Scribbles. Instead, use the Installer for Macs, above. The issue seems to be that Java Web Start applications cannot run main on the first thread (even if you explicitly tell it to in the launch string or switch threads first thing in main). Since SWT is of the opinion that all things GUI - including user interactions - must run on the Display thread, every GUI event e.g. MouseMove or KeyPressed throws and error. See bug 63306 in Eclipse's Bugzilla for more painful details.

Windows

You need to have Java 1.3 or higher installed to run the webstart. If you download the webstart file, you do not need to be online to run Group Scribbles. If you are online, the webstart will automatically check to make sure you're running the latest version.

Netscape users have to do a little extra work. Quote Sun Microsystems:

For Netscape 6/6.01 users, please setup the Java Web Start MIME type (JNLP) in the Edit->Preferences->Navigator->Helper Applications section. The file extension is "jnlp", MIME Type is "application/x-java-jnlp-file", and it should be handle by the javaws executable file in your Java Web Start directory.

Mobile Devices

Mobile devices don't run full Java as you probably know. Java Web Start is not part of J9 as far as we can tell. Some are of the opinion that JWS is just too big for these devices. For now, use the installer for mobile devices, above.