HotJava Views was a

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developed by

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and implemented in

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. It was released in 1996 and was intended primarily for JavaStation or other JavaOS-based

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s. HotJava Views consisted of four applications: ;MailView: IMAP4

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;CalendarView: Group scheduling ;WebView: HotJava

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;NameView: Directory services The

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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

applications could be added to the Selector.

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