NeXtMidas User's Guide: WebStart with Netscape / Mozilla

Launching WebStart from Netscape 7.1 / Mozilla 1.4

These instructions configure Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla 1.4 to launch WebStart. Since both browsers are based on the Mozilla/5.0 engine, the configuration procedures are identical .

System Prerequisite: Java Development Kit (JDK) must be installed.

Create the "Helper Application" association between Java WebStart and Netscape/Mozilla:

In Netscape/Mozilla, select Edit/Preferences.
Expand the Navigator menu on the left of the pop-up window and select Helper Applications.
Select New Type.

In the "New Type" window, enter the following information:

MIME Type:   application/x-java-jnlp-file
Description: WebStart
Extension:   jnlp

Click the "Open it with" button and select "Choose..." In the "Choose Application Helper" pane, navigate to the javaws file (usually located in the $JAVAHOME/jre/javaws directory with Oracle Java 8), and click "Open." NOTE: IcedTea-Web also has open source versions of javaws for Java 8 and 11.
Click "Ok" twice to close the "New Type" and "Helper Application" windows. Restart the browser.

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