stop() not getting called.. and start() is supposedly called by the applet viewer, so it being
called inside paint() is actually ignored.

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/applet/Applet.html#start()

need to just spend some time sitting and straightening this out. unfortunately requires a lot
of testing between platforms, browsers, and locally inside the pde itself.

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Different browsers start() stop() behavior, comma seperated

Compiled a small applet that prints to the error console when start() and
stop() are called, then loaded it in multiple browsers. All OS/browsers were
the latest update prior to testing. JRE was the latest update recommended by
each browser. At the moment Chrome on OSX does not appear to support java
applets. Safari on OSX calls stop when you switch away from the tab and calls
start when you switch back to the tab containing the applet. Otherwise all
other tested browsers on all platforms followed the same pattern -- call
start() when created, do nothing when switching tabs, and call stop() when the
applets tab is closed.

Browsers tested
OSX: Chrome, Firefox, Safari
Ubuntu: Chrome, Firefox, Opera
XP: Chrome, Firefox, IE7, IE8, Safari

*** Bug 183 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 77 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***