I'm not sure on which mail of this thread I should append MHO. What happens if two programmers "happen" to choose the same package name? (Prepend the location on the filesystem? ;-) If something like a package name is introduced I would prefer not separating package and module name with a "." because you might then even use the package name to point to a web address from where to load code (source/ binary/ byte code??) from.. Then creating something like Java applets would be more easy. We can't ignore this completely as the world (or important parts eg Windows) will try to bring more richness to internet applications/ the user.. They strive to integrate web applications so that you as user can't see if you're running a native or a downloaded application... If you use eg "," as separator you can use dots in the package name without hassle. Marc