http://www.javasoft.com/FrequentlyRequestedFeatures.html (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)

Frequently Requested Features

This document is divided into three sections:

See also the Known Bugs list. You may also want to review the requested features in the Java Developers Kit, version 1.0.

If you would like to request a feature that is not on this list, please see Submit a Bug Report instructions.

Add support for copy and paste.
Browser needs a horizontal scrollbar.
Add keyboard shortcuts for common operations.
Tab does not advance the cursor to the next text field.
Cursor must be in the text field in order to type in the field.
Add editing features other than backspace in text fields.
Add the ability to change the background color, font size and font style.
Improve hotlist management.
Make HotJava remember visited links between sessions and degrade link status over time.
Add a "load to disk" option.
Add a "clear" button to the Open dialog box.

Add support for WAIS URLs.
Implement Gopher and WAIS proxies.
Support inline JPEG images.
Support the SOCKS firewall protocol.
Support all NetScape extensions (in particular, "left" and "right" are not currently supported).

Add support for primitives such as drawArc, fillPolygon, etc. to the graphics object.