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The IDE currently attempts to detect the proxy settings when starting up. This sometimes works, however it does not always work. On Windows, this settings is taken from Internet Explorer settings. However, as I don't use Internet Explorer, this setting is very often wrong. As I use Mozilla, the setting in Mozilla is typically correct. So the IDE should look at Firefox in addition to Internet Explorer. I suggest this could work as follows: 1. The IDE detects proxy settings from Internet Explorer 2. When it attempts to connect to the internet (e.g. to the update center) for the first time and the connection fails, it detects the proxy settings from Firefox and immediately tries to reconnect. 3. If the Firefox settings succeed, it keeps the Firefox settings, otherwise it keeps the IE settings and reports connection failure.
Suggest to close as won't fix. - most of software like antiviuses tries to reuse IE settings - what about Mozilla's profiles and its user/system settings - I'd prefer to use automatic proxy detection in java.net.* (you can try to run with -J-Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true or modify this in net.properties file) rather than finding this in IDE launcher.
> - most of software like antiviuses tries to reuse IE settings I accept that, but that does not invalidate the original scenario. More specifically, this happens when switching between work and home - at work proxy is needed, at home it is not. In Firefox, switching between these is very easy using the Proxy Button plugin, but in Internet Explorer it is not this easy, as the settings are hidden deep in the menu and options dialog. So the situation when IE settings are wrong is *very* common. I can not comment on the implementation aspect.
Please, solve it by this UI Spec http://xdesign-tools.czech.sun.com:8080/JSPWiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JH_Proxy_Configuration_Dialog I reviewed it Josef Pavlicek
The ProxyConfiguration UI spec is now public on http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/ui/proxyConfiguration/ Josef Pavlicek
From what I see, the proposed UI spec does not address this particular request.