Hello, I would very much like Freenet to support Java Web Start (JWS). At least I'd like to be able to distribute a JWS enabled Freenet client that includes the Freenet core.
JWS addresses and solves many of the problems that have been discussed before in threads like "Windows installer and Sun JRE": o easy code installation, o automatic installation of a JRE, and o versioning and automatic [incremental] updates. In addition it provides: o code-signing, o sandboxing, o support for multiple JREs, o support for multiple platforms, o single-click launch from a Web browser. >From my perspective, a JWS application launch supercedes most Windows installers, except if you bundle an app with a JRE and/or other native code. In order to support JWS, all [initial] Freenet application resources (configuration files, etc) be stored in JARs. And hence, they must be referred to using #getResource. You can download and find more information at http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/ Find the specification and JWS requirements at http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/docs/developersguide.html To get a preview of how an upcoming JWS enabled Freenet client can look like, launch http://www.jgoodies.com/download/jpathreport/jpathreport.jnlp There's an announcement for my Freenet client in the jPathReport "Beta->Sound test..." menu. Hopefully, I can join the Freenet dev community late in November, to help providing a kick-ass [JWS enabled] client. Best regards, Karsten Lentzsch _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
