[CoLoCo] Java on Chrome OS

[Jim Hutchinson]

Yeah, the Phet folks confirmed that the apps are local and likely the cause
of them not working in chrome. Bummer. They did say they might port to
html5 but currently just a discussion.

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:02 AM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com>wrote:

> Java Web Start - to my understanding - attempts to use the browser to
> download the application to your computer and run it locally - which is
> quite different from running the application in-browser.  My guess is that
> it won't work because ChromeOS doesn't have any place for the application
> to "install" to - and just doesn't know how to handle those intents.
>
> FWIW - I can't get those to work in Linux either, but I'm using OpenJDK,
> so that would explain quite a bit.  :)
>
> -David
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> Thanks for the info. I did install the lime build by hexxeh and verified
>> that java works. However, the jnlp apps used on http://phet.coloYou
>> probably undersrado.edu/ <http://phet.colorado.edu/> don't work even
>> though the java test page loads and says java is working. According to
>> Phet, they use java web start. Not sure how it's different but
>> frustratingly chromium just downloads the jnlp files but can't open/run
>> them.
>>
>> I've been googling all night. Any insights would be most welcome.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:17 PM, David Overcash <
>> funnylookinhat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I can't remember if Java was in this install - but I do remember that
>>> there wasn't a web page that didn't seem to work correctly...
>>>
>>> http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/lime.php
>>>
>>> It's similar to an AOSP Android build - they took the source for
>>> ChromeOS and built in more hardware support and ( afaik ) some other minor
>>> features.  Give it a while via USB disk?
>>>
>>> Hope that helps!
>>>
>>> -David
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm on the verge of getting our school to consider Chrome Netbooks of
>>>> some sort - probably netbooks with "unofficial" installs but that's not
>>>> decided yet. One of the main issues is that teachers rely on a number of
>>>> websites that use Java such as http://phet.colorado.edu/
>>>>
>>>> Our one sample chrome-book does not run Java apps and I'm discovering
>>>> that it's not part of the OS. I read one link that had some instructions
>>>> but can't find it again. Does anyone know for certain if there is a way to
>>>> get Java running on Chrome OS and how easy/hard this is? If you have a link
>>>> to a solution (or better yet a build that already includes it) that would
>>>> be great.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
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