--Guide-- **Fractal Applets created by Rohan Shah** Recommendations +Use Windows XP/Vista/7 for running the Java examples +You will need Java installed on your computer (Latest update) +You may use Firefox and Chrome, as long as they can support Java. Opening Fractals +Click on the corresponding html files. -Julia sets & Mandelbrot set are drawn in black and white -For color, click on "Julia/Mandelbrot - Color" +To look at code, do the following: -For Sierpinski's fractals, wander into the "classes" folder, where the java files are located -For Julia fractals, go into the "julia" folder -For Mandelbrot fractals, go into the "mandel" folder Instructions for the html files. +Carpet -A dialog asking for Triangle/Square will show up... Type "T" or "S" -A dialog asking for iterations will show up... Type a number in the valid range given +Julia/Colored Julia -A default Julia will show up -To zoom in, simply click on the area you want to zoom into -To change your fractal, hit control + click and type in two numbers between -2 and 2 -To go back to the entire fractal, hit shift + click +Mandelbrot/Colored Mandelbrot -The Mandelbrot fractal will show up -To zoom in, click on the area Note, if at any point the fractal doesn't show up in around 5-10 seconds, reload the page. Java has the habit of not fully loading applets on rare occasions. -Shift + click shows you the full fractal NOTE** +The program does NOT load on computers that are not using a Windows/Linux Java VM (Example: Macs) +The program will also not work if your Java isn't the correct version (Version 6, Update 21 at least)