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Under construction.
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In Progress...
Improvements since previous version:
On todo list:
- Bug: deadlock condition in resource tracker
- Bug: unable to load files without a main-class specified
- Bug: headless not honoroed if install dir not set
- Bug: external not working on Linux, MacOS X
- Support versions
- Check signing to enforce security
- Show splash screen if splash icon present
- Improved download indicator
- Complete JNLP services
Netx 0.5
Major improvements since previous version:
- Released under LGPL license.
- Applications/applets run with a separate event queue, look and feel, etc.
- Native code support.
- Supports headless mode.
- Internationalized messaged.
- Pluggable download/progress indicator.
Other changes:
- Add a default launch handler.
- Uses NanoXML instead of TinyXML (Nano is LGPL compatible).
- Much more detailed info on exceptions (category, summary, description, severity).
- Does not print exceptions unless -verbose is specified.
- Replaces Java coffee cup with Netx logo.
- Reads splash screen icon.
- Classloading bug fixed, thanks to Werner Bredenkamp.
- Command-line option for stict parsing of JNLP file.
- Nicer-looking dialog for choosing cache location.
- Cleaned up APIs by naming some methods more clearly.
- Updated contact info, formatting.
- Some applet audio bugs fixed.
- Better browser support for Windows (BasicService finds default browser).
- Added security check to JNLPRuntime methods (checks for 'exit class').
- Debug mode will deny all permissions to app after call to System.exit.
- Releases resources for applications that close all windows/threads but never call System.exit.
Netx 0.4.1
Version 0.4.1 fixes a download bug that caused
some applications not to run on some systems.
Improvements since previous version:
- Delegate to original Policy object to run under Web Start
- Command line switch to set update policy in seconds.
- Update checks based on a policy (time since last check).
- Stops threads in an application (before just closed its windows)
- AWT thread's context classloader set to app's classloader when app window active
- API to launch app in external copy of netx (javaw must be in path)
- Launches app if BasicService.showDocument URL ends in .jnlp
- Basic support for opening web pages with showDocument.
- Fallback to cached version if update check fails (before just exited)
- Can stop apps that use JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE mode.
- New threads should be created in app's ThreadGroup
- Can tell tracker to start downloading without blocking.
- Can listen to tracker for completion of downloads
- Tracker synchronization uses finer grained locking and locks for less time
- Code started from thread in its own thread group (was in system thread group b/c of bug).
- Can set default JNLPFile view to a specific os, arch, locale
- Removed part feature from resource tracker
- IconDesc picks the best icon not just the first
- Fixed non-threadsafe code in JNLP services
- Fixed download progress freaking out bug
Netx 0.3
Main improvement is a cache.
Improvements since previous version:
- Properly sets parameters, args, and properties
- Can add parameters, args, and properties to JNLP file from command line before launching
- Cache checks for new versions with option to disable update checks
- Proper security permissions for system properties from JNLP file.
- Codebase defaults to file's location (its directory)
- Non-resizable applets (is this a good thing??)
- Added event listener notification for some events (more on way)
- Better error reporting, prints cause exception if -verbose
- Launch process improved, especially for background launching.
- Added an option to run without the secure runtime environment
- Cleaned up the Boot classes to better indicate the process.
- Improve JavaDoc, code quality
Netx 0.2
The first stand-alone client.
Improvements since previous version:
- Removed many debug statements unless -debug option is used.
- Made implementation private instead of protected or package.
- Cleaned up Launcher API, esp. for background thread launches.
- Better support for old-style applets (adds codebase URL to classpath).
- Stops applet audio clips when the applet is destroyed.
- Disables applet stub & context methods when applet is destroyed.
- Improved the command-line messages.
- No longer caches local files and files in JARs.
- ... and many others changes
Netx 0.1
This version was part of the Object Component Desktop.
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