Image Maps for non-java browsers 1 Cool Button Tool automatically generates an image map equivalent of your applet for non-java browsers.   This ensures that everyone will be able to navigate your site even with older Windows 3.1 and Macintosh browsers, and with browsers that have Java disabled. How does it work? Image maps are essentially bitmaps which include hot areas that link to other pages when you click on them. When you build your applet 1 Cool Button Tool takes a snapshot of your applet with all the buttons in the up state, and saves it as a JPEG bitmap.   (the file is called projectnameMap.jpg) It then writes the imagemap code into the HTML which includes a list of rectangular hot areas corresponding to the buttons in your applet. When you click on a hot area in the imagemap, the browser will link to the same URL as the corresponding java button.