Eric M. Burke Blog Rant: Is Java Web Start Important to Sun?

Hi,

  Eric Burke - of O'Reilly books fame (Java Extreme
Programming Cookbook, Ant: The Definitive Guide, Java
and XSLT) - rants about Web Start in his blog.

  If I may quote the grand finale:

Is Java Web Start Important to Sun?

I don't think Sun has put in enough effort to make JWS
as great as it could be. It should be EFFORTLESS to
install. I should be able to paste in some sample HTML
for my starting page and that HTML should actually
WORK. I should be able to specify JRE 1.4.2 in my JNLP
file and it should download onto user's PCs
AUTOMATICALLY.

This is a big pain in the butt right now. The
potential for Java Web Start is tremendous, and all
Sun has to do is iron out a few wrinkles in their
implementation. But sorry, Sun, 95% completion is not
good enough when it comes to deployment and
installation of desktop applications. These things
need to be 100% reliable and simple enough for a
beginner to configure. I wasted way too much time
tracking down problems that should not be there. I
could go on and on, but I think I've made my point.

Make it work.

Make it simple.

Make it reliable. 

Full story @ http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3433

  - Gerald

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