[quote]Well, I think that java2d flags should not be ignore because they were considered not secure enough in the first place. I don’t understand why running a game with performance flags turned on would be consided unsecure (according to Java 5 docs)? For example how the flag sun.java2d.transaccel would violate security for the user?
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Hello all,
does it make sense? Just want to know since I didn’t have a reply.
I can’t answer the question because you are asking someone who didnt make a particualr decision why that decision was made. I do not have the data to respond in any intelligent fashion.
I’ll put them on the list and see what the web start guys say and report that back, thats the best I can do.
would be nice if i could add more then one location
for a jar search. if a jar cant be found- can find it be
found here, or here etc…
override the crap image that says ‘java loading’!. that so
puts people off its a joke… kill the designer or get one.
loading all the resources then alerting with the sercurity
window… is it me or is that the wrong way around?
flag for the icon alert in the jnlp. this get abit anoying.
every time u download somthing it asks if u want it as
a desktop icon… its cool- but all the time?
overides for all webstart windows and alert look and
feels would be v.nice… it just doent look cool… it looks
geeky and cheap…
If you start the webstart client and go to the menus, it’s one of the checkbox options already (it’s been there for years IIRC).
IIRC it’s also a checkbox “never ask me again?” on the “do you want a shortcut?” question - but this might be OS specific (perhaps I’m thinking of OS X instead of windows, or vice versa)
Just using the platform LnF would seem … the obvious default. On windows and OS X it would instantly look both “normal” and good.
It’s not on the windows (1.4) webstart one. 
IMHO a greater problem with that dialog is its tendancy to “pop-under” and halt the running of the app. Lots of webstart apps look like they’ve frozen because this dialog is buried beneath all the other open windows (or at least the browser that launched it).
This is made worse by the fact that it doesn’t have an entry in the task bar, so you can’t even switch to it manually! Often you can only find it by minimisng all your other windows in turn (not minimise all, otherwise it goes to hide somewhere odd). Horrible!
what i think would be nice is a way to hide the location of my jars, maybe a way to scramble the url, so only webstart can read it and a function to delete the jars after use. although this would be a bullet proof method, it might provide a little protection for software code, images and sounds.
(bump !)
Any news from the webstart team ?
Lilian
[quote]Any news from the webstart team ?
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And what’s the list the planned changes for Mustang?
Yes do that please, why does java always have crappy looking loading screens, it looks they made them in 5 minutes in ms paint. Java LAF also looks incredibly ugly, but at least u can change that urself.
Jeff K or someone else, any update on the requested VM flag changes?
Thanks
Just started a new MMOG beta.
Recommended minimum requirement: 2Gb RAM
I kid you not…
Minimum? :o
That’s going to be the most sparsely populated game ever.
Apparently, Microsoft, EA, etc believes that serious gamers (all several million that play Doom3 etc) often have that much RAM or are happy to upgrade to it.
That’s nuts. I hope you aren’t talking about Vanguard: Saga of Heroes by Sigil Games (I know you are under NDA no matter which game it is, so don’t bother confirming or denying) as I’m really looking forward to that game. I have 2GB, but I surely don’t expect to play a game where that is the minimum. I can see it being the recommended amount, though, particularly with Unreal Engine 3 games around the corner…
NB: beta tests have higher min requirements than gold ones; optimize last, remember? 
…i.e. to the extent that other beta’s I’ve been in have had min reqs that are much higher than the final gold game.