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`!HotJava Views`! was a `F33f`_`[productivity`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Productivity_suite]`_`f `F33f`_`[software suite`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Software_suite]`_`f developed by `F33f`_`[Sun Microsystems`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Sun_Microsystems]`_`f and implemented in `F33f`_`[Java`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Java_(programming_language)]`_`f. It was released in 1996 and was intended primarily for `F33f`_`[JavaStation`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=JavaStation]`_`f or other `F33f`_`[JavaOS`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=JavaOS]`_`f-based `F33f`_`[network computers`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Network_computer]`_`f.

HotJava Views consisted of four applications:

`!MailView`!

`F33f`_`[IMAP4`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=IMAP4]`_`f `F33f`_`[e-mail client`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=E-mail_client]`_`f

`!CalendarView`!

Group scheduling

`!WebView`!

`F33f`_`[HotJava`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=HotJava]`_`f `F33f`_`[web browser`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Web_browser]`_`f

`!NameView`!

Directory services

The `F33f`_`[graphical user interface`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Graphical_user_interface]`_`f of `F33f`_`[HotJava`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=HotJava]`_`f Views was quite novel in that it dispensed with some of the common features of GUIs in order to simplify the interface. `F33f`_`[Menu bars`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Menu_bar]`_`f and overlapping, resizable windows were eliminated, and a simple `*Selector`* icon bar was used to switch between `F33f`_`[applications`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Application_software]`_`f. Other third-party `F33f`_`[Java`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Java_(programming_language)]`_`f applications could be added to the Selector.

>>References

• `:citerefhalfhill1997`aHalfhill, Tom R. (July 1997). "Good-Bye, GUI....Hello, NUI". `*`F33f`_`[BYTE`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=BYTE]`_`f`*. Archived from the original on 2005-09-24. Retrieved 2008-10-09.

• "Sun Microsystems unveils HotJava Views". `*`F33f`_`[Business Wire`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Business_Wire]`_`f`*. 1996-10-29. Retrieved 2008-10-09.

• "Designing HotJava Views White Paper". `*`F33f`_`[Internet Archive`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Internet_Archive]`_`f`*. 2004-06-04. Archived from the original on 2004-06-04. Retrieved 2011-02-03.

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