jnlp, mime in apache and firefox
843802Feb 14 2006 — edited Feb 26 2006Hi everyone. I have this little question: I have an Apache 2.0.55 server under Linux, I added the application/x-java... line in the mime.types file (well, it was already there). When I clicked a link to the jnlp file Firefox asked what it should do with a Java Web Start file, so I told it should open it with javaws. I all went fine. But I wanted to see what happens if I removed the mime type from Apache, so I did it and restared the server. I removed the file association from Firefox, and did the same procedure as the first time - clicking the link and so on. And to my surprise, everything went just the same - Firefox recognized the JNLP file as java web start, I gave it the javaws programme to start, and it simply works.
Could anybody tell me why I have to set the jnlp mime type then? It sims no to make any difference so what's the point? Shouldn't the mime type tell the browser what to do with it? I just don't understand.