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You can double-click .jar files
Authored by: sjonke on Apr 11, '02 11:08:19AM

I don't believe you could do this in earlier versions of OS X, but at least in 10.1.3, I find that if a Java application comes in the form of a .jar file, all you have to do is double-click it in the Finder and it will launch and run.

Note that Java Web Start is different in more than simply how apps are launched: it will download and then run applications. The next time your run it, if it's already the latest version, it will just run the copy you have, but if there's an update available for the program, it will download the update and then run it. I.e. you always have and run the most recent version of the program.



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