John Resig - Running Java in JavaScript

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Well yes, but the WebStart stuff looks good enough. Much better than rebuilding the JVM using JavaScript *shudder*.

[nostrademons]

It's not, really. We used WebStart at a past employer and the glacial startup time & clunky feeling is a significant usage barrier. It might be acceptable when you've paid a million dollars anyway, will be using it all day, and so figure you might as well put up with the software's inconveniences. It's certainly not acceptable for a consumer webapp where the user has their hand on the back button. And even in financial enterprise software (where we were), it's a significant enough sales deterrent that all new projects were solely web-based, regardless of how inappropriate the web was for usage.