A number of user were switched to dia, and so disabled our proxies in
whatever browsers we're using (typically firefox). Since then one of the
popular proxies has gone off-line. Coincident with that, it became impossible
for some folks to get bugster to start up.
The workaround, it turns out is to clear the _disabled_ proxy information
form the browser dialog.
Issues: - Should javaws even be looking at browser config files? Are they considered
stable interfaces that can be consumed by other apps?
- If yes, then at least the proxy enabled / disabled state needs to be
taken into account as well.
To reproduce:
enter a non-proxy'ing host as the firefox proxy
select direct connection to "internet" to disable the use of the proxy
attempt to use javaws to download and run any app.
whatever browsers we're using (typically firefox). Since then one of the
popular proxies has gone off-line. Coincident with that, it became impossible
for some folks to get bugster to start up.
The workaround, it turns out is to clear the _disabled_ proxy information
form the browser dialog.
Issues: - Should javaws even be looking at browser config files? Are they considered
stable interfaces that can be consumed by other apps?
- If yes, then at least the proxy enabled / disabled state needs to be
taken into account as well.
To reproduce:
enter a non-proxy'ing host as the firefox proxy
select direct connection to "internet" to disable the use of the proxy
attempt to use javaws to download and run any app.