JDK 6 U10发布RC版本(增加对Itanium的支持)!

    在sun公司的官方网站，Java SE 6 Update 10 RC版本正式发布。

    此版本展示了新的特性和增强功能，目的是为终端消费用户提供最佳的用户体验。

    不过，官网仍然写的是“Download this beta version now. ”（应该是RC版本才对）

    点击下载按钮，看下关于此版本的介绍，发现和上次发布Beta版本的说明基本一样。只是下面的连接改成了

     Download Java SE 6 Update 10 RC

    与上次不同的是，这次JDK6U10下载加入了对Itanium （安腾平台的支持）！

     Java SE 6 Update 10 Beta - Itanium Platform

     真是让人兴奋！在过了N久以后，sun又开始支持Itanium平台了。要知道，sun从1.4之后就不在支持该平台。看来，Intel对于Itanium的重新支持影响了sun。

     在下载页面下面，sun做出了Note：JDK的一个限制组件加进了该版本。不过没有说明该组件的名称。

     OK，还是让我先试试吧，呵呵!

 

   

Java SE 6 Update 10 RC is an update release that introduces new features and enhancements aimed at providing an optimized consumer-end user experience. Java SE 6 Update 10 RC focuses on the following areas:

• Enhanced Java deployment
  • The Java Deployment Toolkit takes the guess work out of determining what versions of the Java Platform end users have installed on their PCs. It supplies Java based web applet/application deployers with a simple JavaScript interface. This greatly increases the ease of detections of users' Java environment, as well as the ease of Java Platform deployment.
  • The Java Kernel online installer lets first time Java users run applets and Java Web Start applications quicker without waiting for the whole Java Platform to be downloaded. The default Kernel installation is expected to satisfy the requirements of most Java applets and applications, and any additional libraries that may be required at runtime are downloaded to complete the Java Kernel installation. This installation mechanism let the end user get up and running significantly faster, while the complete Java Platform installation takes place in the background. See Java Kernel FAQ for more information.
  • For current users of Java SE, the Java auto-updater has also been improved, using a patch-in-place mechanism that translates in a faster and more reliable update process (the patch in place mechanism will take effect for end users who upgrade from this update release or later to a new update release). As an added benefit, follow-on update releases will no longer be listed as separate items in the Windows "Add or Remove Programs" dialog.
  • New Version Download and Pack200 Support
    Ease of deployment: Server side requirements have been removed! We've added a new Java system property along with new support that will make it much easier for developers to deploy their Java applications or Applets through the network.
  
  
• Improved performance and look & feel
  • The Java Quick Starter feature will prefetch portions of the JRE into memory, substantially decreasing the average Java Platform cold start-up time (the time that it takes to launch a Java application for the first time after a fresh reboot of a PC).
  • Hardware acceleration support: Java SE 6 Update 10 RC introduces a fully hardware accelerated graphics pipeline based on the Microsoft Direct3D 9 API, translating into improved rendering of Swing applications which rely on translucency, gradients, arbitrary transformations, and other more advanced 2D operations.
  • A new cross-platform Swing look & feel, code name Nimbus, provides a nice update over 'Metal' and 'Ocean' and with exciting features.
• Next-Generation Java Plug-In
  A new implementation of the Java Plug-In that features:
  • Better Windows Vista support
  • Ability to specify large heap sizes
  • Ability to specify per-applet command-line arguments
  • Improved reliability
  • Improved user experience
  • Improved Java/JavaScript communications
  • Built-in JNLP support
  • Multiple JRE version support

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1 楼 yellowb 2008-10-13