This diagram shows features associated with four deployment types: standalone applications; self-contained applications; Web Start applications; and applications embedded in the browser.

Eight features are displayed, which span one or more columns. The features are named here and described in the following sections of the document.

Feature 1: Preloader: Applies to all deployment types.

Feature 2: Desktop integration via shortcut or menu. Applies to self-contained applications, Web Start applications, and applications embedded in the browser.

Figure 3: Built-in proxy support: Applies to self-contained applications, Web Start applications, and applications embedded in the browser.

Feature 4: Run in sandbox unless signed. Applies to Web Start applications and applications embedded in the browser.

Feature 5: Auto-updates: Applies to Web Start applications and applications embedded in the browser, also to applications that were earlier downloaded from the web using either of these execution modes.

Feature 6. Fine-tune user experience with Deployment Toolkit: Applies to Web Start applications and applications embedded in the browser.

Feature 7: Communicate via JavaScript: Applies to applications embedded in the browser.

Feature 8: No system installation of Java or JavaFX required: Applies to self-contained applications.