On 22.04.2012 21:07, Matthias Scholz wrote: > Hi, > > I've commited a small fix in the AboutDialog. If the "readme.txt" file > was not found, the Stacktrace was shown. This is bad if you run OJ as > Webstart. Now nothing is viewed.
actually not finding the readme.txt right now is an error, except when developing. that's why i left the stack there. >The problem with Webstart is, that the > classpath is only the jre/lib/deploy.jar. So we cannot load readme.txt > from classpath :-( are you sure there is no way for a webstart application to load a file either from a webserver or from an external archive? > > In principle we should change both, the loading and the content of the > readme.txt! > 1. There are too many unimportant and not (end)user suitable informations. could you name one? some of it might not be needed on a day to day basis but essentially all of it is enduser information. > 2. I prefer translated text's within the language directory. i would to if there were people maintaining these when the infos change. > 3. The "about text" should contain a small description, contributors and > licence information. same as above. that's why i put the readme there. one place to maintain all the infos. > 4. White text background and grey panel background is a little bit ugly. i like it. it hint's that the file is actually not part the gui itself. ..ede ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel