need to <a href="jalviewjnlp.html">make your own jnlp file</a> and add the following parameter into the
<resources> element.
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-<j2se version="1.4+" initial-heap-size="500M" max-heap-size="1000M"/>
+<j2se version="1.5+" initial-heap-size="500M" max-heap-size="1000M"/>
</pre>
Save the jnlp file somewhere and then - if you start Jalview through your
web browser, point your browser at the file's url, othewise simply run javaws