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From: Josip Almasi <joe@vrspace.org>
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Subject: Re: java swing question
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On 07/28/2014 11:47 PM, Joerg Meier wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:46:43 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>
>> But note that:
>> * Java 8 is still new and before Java 8 then JavaFX was an
>>     external library
>
> Actually, JavaFX has been included with Java since either 7_02 or 7_06.
> Hard to believe it's been in that long and has seen so little use.

Not really.
I gave it up because it
- broke backwards compatibility
- was windows-only

Eventually it became portable but lost developpers in the meantime.

Regards...