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It requires Java?

• joosters 13y ago
  Yes, just installed and then immediately uninstalled after I got the 'install java' prompt :( It's not Wuala's fault, but forcing me to put java back on my desktop is a big hurdle. It's going to take an absolutely amazing piece of software to make me deal with that horrendous bug-ridden security hole again.
  • morsch 13y ago
    I don't trust the Java sandbox to protect me while running arbitrary code. So I don't use the Java browser plugin. But I don't see how the desktop runtime is a security hole (you're running binaries you trust outside a sandbox) and I very much doubt it's any more buggy than your average Python, Ruby, Node.js, etc. runtime. Or, for that matter, your average native library.
    • joosters 13y ago
      Can you (easily) install one without the other? I know I can go around my browsers and disable the plugins after an install, but then I'm going to have to do the same thing each time there's a java security update and the runtime gets upgraded. Not to mention Oracle's crappy habits of bundling toolbars & other crud along with each security patch.