Java update to boost applets

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An impending update to Java might sound like just an incremental release, based on its cumbersome naming: Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 10 (Java SE 6 u10). But the upgrade actually features technology considered critical to reviving the concept of client-side Java applets. Applet startup times are improved and applets can be turned into desktop widgets via different improvements in Java SE 6u10. Java SE runs on desktops and servers. The upgrade had been slated to appear Thursday but a Sun representative on Wednesday afternoon said the release will be delayed until an as-yet undetermined time. A last-minute issue emerged during final testing.

Among the highlights of the update is Java Quick Starter, providing an enhanced runtime experience by significantly improving Java application and applet startup times, Sun said. "We've structured the way the Java runtime starts up so the elements associated with starting an applet or starting an application produce results that are visible on the screen quicker," said David Bryant, senior director for Java marketing at Sun.

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#1 DecoyDuck on 04 Sep 2008 - 12:49

Among the highlights of the update is Java Quick Starter

Quick Starter = Another name for a background task which has the VM already running?

(2 replies) #2 schwit on 04 Sep 2008 - 18:43

It would be nice if they stopped installing each update into different folders. I have some customers with 6 or 8 different Java installs.

#2.1 hairbautt on 04 Sep 2008 - 18:49

Yea honestly...Arn't the earlier versions security risks too? Why doesn't it perform a cleanup anyhow. No reason to keep two different Java versions. It's just more clutter on the harddrive.

Ugh...

#2.2 sialivi on 05 Sep 2008 - 01:55

(schwit said @ #1)

That has been implemented in update 10

(2 replies) #3 DJ Specs on 04 Sep 2008 - 19:40

Ya, Java is a pain in the arse.. it better finally speed up! And if it adds more crap to the system startup or tray, it can go to hell. I also hate the multiple installation folders it makes and multiple entries in the add/remove programs list. Such a sloppy program.

#3.1 GP007 on 04 Sep 2008 - 22:50

Is there any way to uninstall the whole damn thing in one go? Or do you have to go through add/remove programs for each thing?

#3.2 sialivi on 05 Sep 2008 - 01:57

(GP007 said @ #2)

There's a third party application called JavaRa that's supposed to do that, but after update 10 it won't be needed anymore since there will no longer be multiple versions installed

(2 replies) #4 Airlink on 04 Sep 2008 - 20:52

Christ, I never install Java. It's just too big of a security risk. For one thing, Java viruses can't be detected by most anti-virus suites.

#4.1 zape on 04 Sep 2008 - 21:25

(Airlink said @ #4)

Inform us then how do you run Java applets on the internet?

#4.2 Dessimat0r on 08 Sep 2008 - 21:27

Java viruses don't exist. Java applications ran off the internet run through a SecurityManager which denies most dangerous functionality, thus granting sandbox-like qualities. See http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/es...t/security.html.

#5 magik on 04 Sep 2008 - 20:52

Ah, Java. The necessary evil.

#6 zape on 04 Sep 2008 - 21:53

I wonder if this fixes bugs that Java has with IE8 B2.

(1 reply) #7 thenonhacker on 05 Sep 2008 - 01:18

Too late Java Applets!

You will have a hard time catching up on AJAX / Flash / Silverlight.

#7.1 sialivi on 05 Sep 2008 - 01:58

Java still has one thing the competition doesn't: Hardware accelerated 3D support using OpenGL

#8 ranasrule on 06 Sep 2008 - 06:13

who the heck uses JAVA Applets anymore ?

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