Re: Problem with Java Applets in Firefox

From:

"Andrew Thompson" <andrewthommo@gmail.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

21 Dec 2006 06:09:55 -0800

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Remon van Vliet wrote:

"Andrew Thompson" <andrewthommo@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1166707335.626892.270770@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com...

Rene Grothmann wrote:
...

Is there any workaround, either in Firefox settings, or better, in the
Java source?

How about the 'launch source'? I bet this problem
would disappear, if you launch using web-start.

Web start usually isn't a viable alternative for applets if the applets are
to be deployed on a website accessible by "average consumers".

What leads you to that conclusion? It seems to
me more a problem of developers who have no
idea how to use web-start, or what it can provide.

If you put a "click here to see my movies", the
user probably does not care if the movie opens in
another page or a free floating window. In fact,
if they have a preference, it would usually be
for the free floating window (with user configurable
desktop and start menu items & file associations -
automatic update, but still allowing off-line use..
etc.).

There are some (few) applets that simply *cannot*
be (usefully or effectively) launched using web-start.
Most other applets, are better suited to web-start
launch.

Andrew T.