D for the web?

[Marco Leise]

Am 24.01.2012, 20:57 Uhr, schrieb F i L <witte2008 at gmail.com>:

> I'm unfamiliar with Java Web Start, but if it's anything like MS's  
> ActiveX plugin (which is commonly compared to NaCL) then it differs from  
> NaCL in one major way: security. ActiveX could run native native code in  
> a browser as well, and Java applets got pretty close. The problem is  
> that those plugins can harm you system, whereas NaCL cannot. Every  
> machine instruction in NaCL is sandboxed and checked for malicious  
> intent before it's deemed execute-ready and ran. You can check out some  
> NaCL games made with Unity3D on Google's webstore. Search "Chordy" or  
> "Sleepy Jack".

No, it is about launching desktop applications via a link from a website.  
The applications are signed to get access to the computer. Web Start also  
keeps the software up to date and installs Start Menu links. Pretty  
simple, much like installing a FireFox plugin.