This would be helped greatly by being able to launch an application with a
command like:
java -jar http://javasource.somewhere.com/application.jar
I think at the moment that the -jar command only works for local files but I
would love to be proved wrong...
Matthew
"Casteel, Don" wrote:
> I agree completely. Java is extremely difficult to set-up, keep in mind that
> for web based content we should be invisible to the user. At the very least
> need installations that children or novice computer users can deal with.
>
> I'm sure this is way over simplified, and I certainly don't have enough
> background or experience to even be making these comments. But it's
> something I've been thinking about and thought may stir up some helpful
> conversation.
>
> Anyway, here goes........ (please be kind in responding)
>
> One thing that has come to mind lately is setting up all of the Java classes
> on distributed mass servers, eliminating plug-ins and individual setups on a
> users computer.
>
> It seems to me that Java was designed and built to work with the web,
> integrated to the web, however in and of itself Java doesn't seem to take
> advantage of it's own strongest capabilities.
>
> With a few limited HTML commands and local applets which reference a URL
> based Java implementation the rest of Java should utilize it's own inherent
> capabilities. This way we don't have to rely on the browsers to catch up to
> Java. Everything could remain current much more easily with just a few
> mirrored server sites containing the implementation classes. The classes
> once set-up correctly would control their own inter-communication etc...
>
> The only thing which could not be done this way is the JRE engine itself
> which would easily be an auto-download/update plug-in.
>
> Now I do of course realize this is somewhat of a pipe dream, some classes
> are much to large to access across the web when needed, traffic is a
> problem, and security could become a nightmare. But bandwidths are improving
> and these ideas could be built on without changing much of anything, if
> anything at all, with current implementations.
>
> I guess what I'm trying to say is Java has a lot more potential to become
> invisible if we utilize some of it's own existing strengths.
>
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