JWS and FireFox (Don't want jnlp files to turn up in the "Downloads" window)

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#1

I have JDK 1.5 and FireFox 1.5 installed, both with the latest updates and I use Windows XP SP2.

I run jnlp files by clicking on them, I have chosen to always have these started by the associated application which makes the JWS-applications execute immediately.

This works! But the jnlp file turns up in the Downloads window, which I don’t like. This does not happen when I open a PDF-file and I would like the same behavior when I open a jnlp file. Any ideas on how to set this up?

#2

It doesn’t happen with PDF files because Acrobat Reader is integrated with the browser (which I find horribly annoying, as large files freeze the browser for a few seconds). Webstart is an external application, so the JNLP file will always show up in the downloads Window. If JWS were integrated with the browser, then it could open the JNLP file in the browser and you’d never see it in the download window. That would essentially be an applet and defeat the whole purpose anyway.

If there is a way of bypassing the download Window for externally opened files, I don’t know of one short of modifying the Firefox source. Perhaps a generic plug-in exists to allow it to be configured? Maybe you could write one yourself.

#3

on my linux box I’ve configured it to open acrobat reader also as an external aplication, because it crapped around without that and I actually like it this way.
I’ve no problems with that - sometimes also the downloads-window simply doesn’t open, if it downloads fast enough.

#4

Not much constructive to add here, just that I too utterly detest the Acrobat Reader plugin.

If I wanted my browser to use 200mb of ram, randomly stop responding, and sporadically crash i’d be using IE!

#5

You can turn off the Acrobat plug-in.

#6

PDF Download

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=636&application=firefox

[quote] Allows to choose if you want to view a PDF file inside the browser (as PDF or HTML), if you want to view it outside Firefox with your default or custom PDF reader, or if you want to download it!

See http://www.rabotat.org/firefox/ for version notes.
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