What is Mandelbrot Madness JAVA!?

Mandelbrot Madness JAVA! v1.1 is a Java applet based on my Mandelbrot Madness! freeware program. However, where the original Mandelbrot Madness! was written for the Win32 platform, MM JAVA! is written in the wonderful, powerful language of Java, making it accessible to virtually everyone.

The applet above is the actual program. To use it, choose one of the preset views from the Preset Views drop-down box, or enter the x and y bounds if you are familiar with them. Then choose from either the Rainbow or Gray Scale palettes from the Palette drop-down box, then click the Render button. It's that simple.

MM JAVA! works with much of the functionality of the full Win32 version of MM!, but here are their differences:

• MM! allows you to define your own colors for images; MM JAVA! does not (without rewriting code).
• MM! allows you to derive images by drawing a selection on the current image, letting you "zoom in" to virtually infinite depths; MM JAVA! does not (but may in the future).
• MM! allows you to save generated images to Windows device-independent bitmaps (*.BMP); MM JAVA! does not.
• MM! allows you to print generated images; MM JAVA! does not.
• MM JAVA! is available with the full source code; MM! is not.

MM JAVA! also can run as a Java application, run from the command line, with its own frame. This functionality is contained within the same program, same byte-code, so there is no rewriting or recompiling necessary.

Download Mandelbrot Madness JAVA!

You can download this version of Mandelbrot Madness JAVA! from this site only:

• Executable package, version 1.1 (22.5 KB), has all the necessary class files, a JAR archive for faster downloads, and a "readme" file with instructions on using MM JAVA!
• Source package, version 1.1 (9.74 KB), contains the complete source code for MM JAVA!

Known Issues

• During initial tests, the Rainbow palette doesn't seem to work in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. It just sits there and says "Rendering Image...." The gray scale palette does work. Both palettes work beautifully in Netscape. If anyone knows why this is happening, please let me know.

Coming Soon...

• Image derivation support. Just like the original MM!, I would like MM JAVA! to support deriving images ("zooming") by dragging a selection with the mouse. This may come in a future version.

Contact Information

Jeffrey T. Darlington, program author:
E-Mail: jeff@gpf-comics.com
Web: http://www.gpf-comics.com/