Task #12179 (closed)
Linux IcedTea 7 webstart dialog about desktop launcher
| Reported by: | mtbcarroll | Owned by: | mtbcarroll |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | 5.1.0-m4 |
| Component: | Insight | Version: | 5.0.1 |
| Keywords: | n.a. | Cc: | ux@…, rleigh, khgillen, spli |
| Resources: | n.a. | Referenced By: | n.a. |
| References: | n.a. | Remaining Time: | 0.0d |
| Sprint: | n.a. |
Description (last modified by mtbcarroll)
A signed-JAR webstart running under Linux IcedTea 7 shows the attached dialog. Notice the "unverified" publisher, and I am not sure from the message why I would want to click 'Allow'.
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Changed 5 years ago by mtbcarroll
comment:1 Changed 5 years ago by mtbcarroll
- Description modified (diff)
comment:2 Changed 5 years ago by mtbcarroll
comment:3 Changed 5 years ago by jamoore
- Cc khgillen spli added
- Milestone changed from Unscheduled to 5.0.3
We should figure out what's causing it and either fix, or close this as "wontfix". Searching briefly this would point to an "unverified certificate", but I'm not sure what would put our cert in that category on Linux.
The only other thing I can think of as being related is the fact that the https is a self-signed cert for gretzky. Perhaps we should address that to minimally reduce confusion.
comment:4 Changed 5 years ago by spli
Do you also see this with nightshade?
comment:5 Changed 5 years ago by mtbcarroll
Yes, exactly the same dialog from https://nightshade.openmicroscopy.org/webstart/
Also perhaps there is simply a way to prevent the attempt to create a desktop launcher.
comment:6 Changed 5 years ago by spli
Could be worth checking with other webstart apps, e.g. http://www.jalview.org/download (Click Launch Jalview Desktop top right)
comment:7 Changed 5 years ago by mtbcarroll
Good idea! No, no dialog like that with Jalview, launches and works fine.
comment:8 Changed 5 years ago by mtbcarroll
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/jcp/properties.html mentions deployment.javaws.shortcut which looks strikingly relevant.
Also, I wonder if there's some useful tweak that can be made to our
<shortcut online="false"> <desktop/> </shortcut>
in insight.jnlp. (jalview.jnlp doesn't have that element at all.)
comment:9 Changed 5 years ago by mtbcarroll
In Paris, Damir mentioned that when somebody uses webstart, the Insight icon appears on their desktop: it is the JNLP file. (Rather more useful, he thought, would be if it were the JAR instead, but that still gets re-downloaded each time.)
comment:10 Changed 5 years ago by spli
The jars should be automatically cached by Java.
comment:11 Changed 5 years ago by mtbcarroll
This is true, I should have asked Damir if he was sure it wasn't just a quick "downloading" notification he got that was actually hitting a local cache. Still, he is getting a desktop icon added anyway.
comment:12 Changed 5 years ago by mtbcarroll
I should add that if I always click Cancel then I am asked every time I start Insight from webstart.
comment:13 Changed 5 years ago by mtbcarroll
- Owner changed from jburel to mtbcarroll
- Status changed from new to accepted
comment:14 Changed 5 years ago by mtbcarroll
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from accepted to closed
comment:15 Changed 5 years ago by Josh Moore <josh@…>
- Remaining Time set to 0
(In [b0edda57ea76b3c2e0696f8dfb417870269c9dee/ome.git] on branch develop) Merge pull request #3455 from mtbc/fix-12179-webstart-jnlp
fix #12179: adjust Insight JNLP specification for webstart
Exactly the same dialog seen in testing signed 5.0.2 release.