Originally Posted by jacob18d
I've already been able to install the updater. The problem is that you shouldn't HAVE to read that to install a program such as this. It should just work, unless you have something grossly wrong with your computer.
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It did just work for me. And 99% of the other users I would bet. Like it or not, you can NEVER make a program just work for 100% of users.
As for Java, I've been programming in it for the past 8 years and haven't seen anyone with a Java related problem (with the exception of people running OpenJDK, or some other spin, instead of Sun Java). That doesn't mean you haven't had problems, it's just an observation that at least in my experience, Java doesn't cause any more of a problem for end users than any other language.
Edit: As for why Java:
A) Almost all users have it
B) Works transparently across almost all platforms.