Using Java Web Start, it’s possible to design desktop Web clients that provide a rich user experience decoupled from a browser. In this article, I will primarily look at Java Web Start.

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Java Web Start can make deploying Java apps a breeze, but it may prevent those apps from accessing needed resources. Find out how to use Java Network Launching Protocol and application signing to ...

Java Web Start allows you to deploy full-featured applications using your Web browser, bypassing complex installation procedures. See if Web Start is right for your build and deployment process.

Isn’t Java Web Start (JWS) supposed to allow web-based distribution of applications? So why would one want to distribute a Java Web Start (JWS) application via CD-ROM? Well, for a number of ...

Sun patches Java Web Start vulnerability A flaw in the Java Web Start platform could be exploited to allow any Java applet to read, write and run on the affected machine.

The vulnerability "can be exploited only through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets," according to Oracle's Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory in June.

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 ...