Performance matters, but I believe there are still worse problems with app
distribution.
Java and Java3D HAS GOT to be made as easy to run as an .exe on PCs. or at last a
real live browser plug-in that doesn't require editing anything to install
properly.
I should be able to double-click on a class file and have it launch. I know that
.jar files can be set-up this way, but why not .class files. It maybe just as
simple as packing a launcher app with the Java distribution...Has anyone ever
tried to run the examples that come with Java3D? Sure my work machine is
configured properly to run them fine from the command-line, but try that on a
friends machine. You're going to be making LOTS of .bat files if you don't want
them to have to go to the console! I mean command-line is fine for me, I was a
UNIX guy, but NOT FOR USERS! No user should ever have to use a command shell to
launch their app.
Is anyone out there distributing user installable Java3D apps?
I planning on using Visual Cafe tool that builds everything to an .exe, otherwise
headaches abound...
The Casteels wrote:
> My two cents worth......
>
> Java's performance still leaves something to be desired. Running a program
> through the JRE is fine during development, but to really survive as a
> distribution the web, Java programs and applets must rival the speed of
> platform specific executables. We'll always be second best if we wait for clock
> speeds to increase, because as they do, the machine language programs are
> already taking advantage of it.
>
> I don't even know if this can be done, or how, it just seems crucial to me.
>
> P. Flavin wrote:
>
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