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What alternatives exist to Web Start and Java for rich cross-platform, zero-admin desktop apps?

April 26, 2017Alternatives apps cross-platform desktop exist Java Rich web

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What alternatives exist to Web Start and Java for rich cross-platform, zero-admin desktop apps?

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• HTML browser are ubiquitous (pre-installed on all desktop boxes) • no installation, zero-admin con: • excessive roundtrips to server; limited offline support • lack of interactivity (e.g. no drag and drop; no in-place, real-time validation; no tabs or trees) • Javascript is designed for one liners, not for programming in-the-large • web server overload; web server is the workhorse (thin-client) • most plug-ins/add-ons aren’t cross-platform XUL/Python see Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org ) or Luxor (http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net ) for details XHTML/SVG/XForms see W3C (http://www.w3c.org ) for details .Net Gtk# see Mono (http://www.go-mono.com ) for details Other Open-Source Alternatives: XWT, Sash, etc. Other Closed-Source Alternatives: Flash, Curl, etc. Q: Who is using Web Start? Check out the app directories listed in the link section categorizing hundreds of Web Start apps. Q: How does Web Start differ from Applets? Web Start != Applet 2.0/NT. Web Start is not a replacement for a