Re: auto install java web start?

Andrew Thompson wrote:
Nick Vatamaniuc wrote:

Please refrain from top-posting.
...
Also, I wouldn't recommend the last auto-install option using ActiveX
because peoples' firewalls and anti-viruses will go nuts or even
worse, silently deny the .cab install.

Have you ever seen an instance of that?
What firewall? What anti-virus software?

Andrew T.

-- What firewall? What anti-virus software?

-- The kind that people install to protect themselves from spyware and
other junk that is installed off of webpages they visit.

Note, if your WS application needs full-access permissions to run on
user's machine, it is a good idea to warn the users about it and hope
that they trust you enough to click 'Yes' when the access dialog pops
up.

Sorry for top-posting.

.

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