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Old 08-16-2007, 02:30 AM   #17
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Re: A player's perspective

You can actually do that through the java web start feature. Make it download things in the background while you start the application. It is also one of the goals for upcoming java versions to make startup much faster and the ability to deploy your applications in a "startup" bundle with very small download size.

People have to understand there is a difference between java "applets" and "applications" as well. Applets tend to be a bit dependant on the browser in which they run. Also, applets have had bad startup times in the past, but it is one of the things they are trying to fix for new versions of java.

Java 1.5 is as far as i know pretty standard on most computers right now, but it isn't optimal. New versions of java will be so much better in performance and features. Sun is now also working hard to get java better integrated into the operating systems and coming as default.

Here is an article that might be worth reading at the sun site regarding the java JRE.

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