The Java 6 update 10 will be special. This future release provide features to keep Sun in the RIA competition, like Ethan Nicolas said, without waiting the version 7 :
- Difficult to detect JREs, especially from a web browser
- Difficult to automatically install new JREs
- Large download size
- Poor cold start performance
- Little overlap between applets and Web Start programs
3 importants new things :
- Java Kernel
- Java PlugIn
- Java Deployment Kit
