Hi all, I'm having fun writing a new cross platform client. I started out in fpc/lazarus and quickly realized I would be able to have a client for both linux and windows that way, some questions remain regarding mac support (socket implementation in fpc seems questionable there). Later I started to look at java and writing the client in java would make it work on any platform capable of running java (thats many). But, java means a jre is required and thats 13 MB extra on the live cd etc. Also, what is your current view of java? Are there things you do not like about it or do you find it slow or...? 73 de Per, sm0rwo