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Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ?

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Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Roedy Green wrote:
>> Lew wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>>> JavaFX is newer and flashier (pun intended). Arne is right to suggest
> 
>> Read my experiences.  It simply did not work. see
>> http://mindprod.com/jgloss/javafx.html

"Simply did not work" is not a very deep investigation.

>> It was not that long ago.

In geological terms? 

Which version did you try? When was this? What did you do exactly?

> Since the page talks about JavaFX Script, then it is obsolete.

"8. Does JavaFX 2 support JavaFX Script?
Starting with JavaFX 2.0, JavaFX Script is no longer supported. "
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javafx/overview/faq-1446554.html#3

>> Further it has quite limited browser support.
> 
> Browsers do not have to support JavaFX at all. Browsers support
> a Java plugin. And then it is up to the Java plugin.

There is a page that lists what's certified to be supported:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javafx/downloads/supportedconfigurations-1506746.html

The only notable exceptions are Chrome on Mac and Internet Explorer on non-Windows platforms. 

> And applets are so much out of fashion anyway, that most likely
> JavaFX will be more used for desktop apps than for applets.

Most of the JavaFX documentation focuses on that use case.

>> It is one more package the user has to install.
> 
> No.
> The JavaFX 2.0 runtime is now in the standard Java distrubution
> (only in Oracle, but when talking about non-server usage, then
> that is by far the most common).
> 
>>  I was unable to get
>> one developer who wanted a mirror copy of my website to install Java
>> to deliver it to him. He was terrified of it.

Yes, one developer's pathological phobia is sufficient evidence for a worldwide policy.

He needs a psychiatrist, not an engineer.

> Maybe he was misinformed by someone.
> :-)

Or maybe he's a psycho.

-- 
Lew

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AWT or Swing or Any other ? Sourabh Mhaisekar <sourabh8044@gmail.com> - 2012-12-07 00:53 -0800
  Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-07 08:30 -0500
    Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-09 12:51 -0800
      Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-09 13:14 -0800
      Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-09 17:21 -0500
      Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-09 19:17 -0800
        Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-10 12:00 -0500
          Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-10 11:20 -0800
            Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-11 18:40 -0800
              Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-11 19:28 -0800
  Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-08 00:42 -0800
    Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-09 17:34 -0500
      Re: AWT or Swing or Any other ? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-10 15:46 -0500

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