Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/22/java_updat
e_fx_milestone/  Sun claims super-skinny JavaFX milestone  The
fat app still hasn't sung  By Gavin Clarke  Posted in Developer,
22nd October 2008 06:02 GMT  The leaves might be falling, and
the first installment of Sun Microsystems' JavaFX might still
not be here, but the company has delivered what it's calling a
"milestone" for its rich internet application (RIA) platform and
runtime.  Sun has released Java Standard Edition 6 Update 10, a
version of Java SE that features a re-written plug-in
architecture so web applets can run on the desktop.  The Java SE
6u10 plug-in architecture gives applets their own virtual
machine (VM) so the applet can be grabbed from a web page and
pulled onto your desktop where it can then run. Java SE 6u10
also lets you install the applet locally for use next time when
it's time to shut down.  This is seen as a hallmark of RIAs
frameworks and runtimes such as Adobe Systems' AIR.  In a
further step towards JavaFX, Sun h