X-Received: by 10.66.229.6 with SMTP id sm6mr4339937pac.30.1376521718053; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:08:38 -0700 (PDT) Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!pt2no8884037pbb.0!news-out.google.com!rn2ni28176pbc.1!nntp.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.westnet.com.au!news.westnet.com.au.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:08:36 -0500 From: "Qu0ll" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer References: <520c09d7$0$304$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> In-Reply-To: <520c09d7$0$304$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Subject: Re: Developing for AWT/Swing and Android portability Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:07:07 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3555.308 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3555.308 Message-ID: Lines: 26 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.214.156.116 X-Trace: sv3-gHyCr3/rOTJtHF+UwNZDaIQIJ7+jVL8XdydfuAuLQokxL/xRx1ghhGGuSaEN7XGA4qRCIFCgr+MS68I!l/VOI21FZDJ3fTbn+47ZPdu5TZl5m6+mAfFkyVFSaM5xk429NJtwDBZQxkYBYv67Xd5UeF31eNJK!DMyXQ9MlEULkECVy8z4bmnM= X-Complaints-To: abuse@westnet.com.au X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2168 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:24987 "Arne Vajhøj" wrote in message news:520c09d7$0$304$14726298@news.sunsite.dk... >> Swing/AWT is officially deprecated and will slowly shrivel and die. > > I would not consider Swing deprecated until Java 8 gets officially > released which will be another half year. Oracle begs to differ. >> JavaFX is the way ahead and could easily become the *best* >> cross-platform SDK in *any* language. > > JavaFX is very impressive. Indeed. Far more impressive than most people actually realise and with JFX8 coming soon we will have 3D and other truly awesome features. -- And loving it, -Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct) _________________________________________________ Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com [Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me]