davecahill wrote:
> What is the advantage of the Jetty webserver over the approach below?
>
> If there are none, I imagine the server is left in trunk for coherence
> with other SIMILE widgets.
>
> I think it gives a wrong impression that Timeline would need Java
> hosting - if it serves no purpose, wouldn't it be better to remove the
> extraneous parts from SVN?
>   
We use Jetty because some browsers behave differently for file:// URLs 
and http:// URLs (e.g., security issues). (Maybe modern browsers are now 
more uniform.) For Flash-based widgets like Runway, this difference is 
even more pronounced. So it's good to test both cases.

David


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