[Bug 725] JNLP applications will prompt for creating desktop shortcuts every time they are run

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http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=725

bch at o2.co.uk changed:

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--- Comment #4 from bch at o2.co.uk ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> Still exists today in current hg.
> 
> This ends up in very bad user experience when launching Web Start
> applications. The "Always allow" check box is grayed out so you can't even
> make an exception for a single program.
> 
> As long as the icon is on the desktop (.desktop file exists), it should not
> prompt. Added bonus points for caching the answer anyway so if someone just
> does not want the icon it will remember it until the cache is cleared. I
> can't from the top of my head confirm how Oracle handles this in their
> implementation.
> 
> It's been over one and a half year since this UX bug was reported,
> seriously, get this done. The reporter even made a patch!
> 
> I'm bumping this to 'major' because the very least someone notices this bug
> exists and tells me I shouldn't touch priority. User experience is
> everything. IcedTea looks really bad if it fails even in the most simple
> things that are visible to the user.
> 
> This is coming from a Web Start developer who would really much like that
> people who use OpenJDK with IcedTea as it is the default install for most
> Linux distributions get a good out-of-box experience.
> 
> Please, fix this.

I hadnt spotted that. 
More importantly perhaps, 'web start' also downloads the app each time and does
not respect that it may be cached. This uses unnecessary bandwidth and creates
traffic. I had this confirmed a few days ago when I asked why my web start app.
kept downloading each time. Temporarily I have switched to using Sun Java, but
I too would prefer to go back to openjdk.

I had considered if I could help out as lets face it, a lot of the work is
carried out by [dare i say unpaid] contributors. The learning curve of iced-tea
etc is so steep however for it to be a realistic proposition without
assistance.

I wait with anticipation of all these things being brought into line and fully
featured.

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