One great benefit web applications offer end users is the ability to simply visit a URL in their browser and run the application without needing any special installation or configuration. BASIS' extremely popular and cutting edge browser user interface (BUI) does just that. However, some applications may be better suited for running on a standard desktop. So, can we run those too by clicking on a URL? Yes we can with Java Web Start and the Java Network Launch Protocol (JNLP). |