Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "markspace" Subject: Re: Swing Message-ID: <502943B7.56778.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: bob smith Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <502943B7.56777.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <502943B7.56777.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 d228e22b X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 19367624 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 21 Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:36:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344882982 69.21.70.65 (Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:36:22 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:36:22 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17830 To: bob smith From: markspace <-@.> On 8/13/2012 8:04 AM, bob smith wrote: > Is Swing still pretty much the standard for Java graphics? Or has it > finally been replaced by something better? > Swing is still your only real choice, as far as I know. JavaFX is up can coming, but to quote Gertrude Stein, "there is no there there." JavaFX appears to only be about half baked; you can do some things with it, but not everything Swing can do. It's not really a mature platform yet. Still worth knowing about for a Java developer, as Oracle could make it ready just about any time now. --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24