Java VM Deployment

You know, until just now I’d always thought that getting the JRE installed was a 10 minutes process or so. It turns out that this computer didn’t have the JRE installed so when I went to write a blog post1, I got the missing plug-in box and the instruction to click to install the required plug-in. So click I did and in under 2 minutes not only is the JRE fully downloaded and installed, but the page has reloaded with EditLive! fully up and running, ready for me to write this post.

Needless to say, I’m impressed. If your applet provides any real value to the end user2, they should have no trouble getting it downloaded and installed then get back to work with minimal interruption. Keep up the good work Sun!

1 – which I'll get back to at some point.↩

2 – ie: it's not just used for gratuitous flashy graphics↩