Sun Microsystems announced Wednesday at Internet World that it is shipping its Java Web Start software, which allows users to launch Java applications without worrying whether the Java platform is ...

Install Java Web Start version 1.0 or 1.0.1 on the client. On the client side, launch a browser and point it to the HTML file on the server. If Java Web Start is correctly installed, the Web ...

Java Web Start allows Java applications to be launched ... On subsequent attempts to launch the application, JWS can check this cache and skip download of the resources. If the client machine ...

From the preview notes: Java SE 6 applets and Web Start disable after non-use This preview contains a stub applet plug-in and a modified Web Start launcher for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Since JNLP files are simply Java Web Start files that open applications through an Internet browser, any browser that works in Windows 8.1 will open a JNLP file as long as you have Java installed.

Java Web Start caches the programs locally and automatically downloads updates on startup. The Java apps are packaged for deployment using the Java Network Launch Protocol (JNLP), which uses a ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: Java Web Start is a great technology for deploying lightweight client applications. It even supports automatic updates. One of Web Start's less understood features is the ...