Minecraft Alpha - Auto-update Launcher - Hybrid... ^hot^
The launcher itself was a tiny .exe (or .app for Mac). It weighed less than 1MB. Its only job was to check a specific URL hosted on Notch’s server: minecraft.net/version.txt .
The launcher itself was a tiny .exe (or .app for Mac). It weighed less than 1MB. Its only job was to check a specific URL hosted on Notch’s server: minecraft.net/version.txt .