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Java.net switch board

Sometimes, when you use java.net website, you have to click a bunch of links to get to where you want. This is particularly frustrating when java.net is slow.

So I came up with a "switch board", which is a single HTML file that has links to all kinds of places you regularly go. So instead of clicking links maunally on java.net websites and waiting for responses, you can just place this HTML on your local disk, open it, and get to where you want to go in one step.

It even supports keyboard shortcuts, so you can follow the link without using mouse.

So try it, and let me know if you can think of any other links to add. You can download it from here.

Comments

• hi there,

  why does java.net use a lot of https ? That makes it slow as compared to sourceforge or other sites!

  thank you,

  BR,
  ~A

  Posted by: anjanb2 on January 03, 2007 at 04:01 PM

• 
  Good question, but note that the overhead of HTTPS is mostly for the server, and I think with modern PCs it's somewhat unlikely that your navigation performance is affected by the client-side HTTPS processing.

  
  Anyway, back to the question, I assumed it's to avoid session hijacking, but I don't know the real reason. I guess you should ask that question to http://java-net.dev.java.net/ folks.

  Posted by: kohsuke on January 03, 2007 at 04:12 PM

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