Dirk Stöcker wrote: > a) Security issues. When you launch an application you must be sure it is > really the right one. > Isn't it similarly insecure to run binary plugins that are located in the user's home folder?
Btw., to address the memory problem, josm could exec itself on start with a better -Xmx... parameter... *ducks & runs* > b) Installation issues. Java must be installed in a way, that you can > launch it. > True, but shouldn't be a problem in practice. (There are java apps that are run by a script. They must have figured this out somehow.) > c) Does not work in Webstart variant or as applet. > > That's a problem... How many Webstart users are there? One could simply redirect the help to a browser window for these people. (Or use modal help for webstarters only.) >> from the ticket: >> >>> Idea how to solve: Set help dialog modal and modal dialog non-modal >>> >> when help from modal dialog is called. >> >> I think a modal help dialog is not so good, because users like to keep >> it open in the background for future reference. >> > > But it is the only solution I can think of which works. And closing the > help dialog to continue is much better than introducing lots of design > trouble. > > Whenever we switch to Java 6, we can solve that issue with different modal > modes as supported by Java 6. > > Btw. may I ask what are the main reasons for using Java 5? (Other than support users that haven't updated their Java for 3 years.) __ Basti _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
