Problems with Java

Ok, i have made lots of applets in Java. They work fine in jbuilder 3 and 4, and appletviewer that comes with the new JDK, yet the HTML pages won't run under IE or Netscape. Why?! Also, sometimes after I make a change in an applet on the rare occasion that I do get it to run (Usually with only a drawString(), I have given up any hope of writing swing applets) the applet won't even update right away (see thread below). I have to convert the HTML page using sun's program, compile the applet, edit the HTML page so it is just the applet tag, and re-convert it. I know i shouldn't have to go through all this. I have checked my code time and time again. I have followed directions to the letter in any tutorials i come across. Why does all this happen?

are you using swing?? If so you browsers will not run swing applets until you download the jre (java runtime environment)

No, no swing, this is the applet I am using.

Code:

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import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;

public class test extends Applet
{
  public void paint(Graphics g)
  {
    g.drawString("Hello", 5, 25);
  }
}

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