Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Qu0ll" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Microsoft Spartan will support Applets Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 07:36:08 +1100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <550b185d$0$2970$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> <5510c401$0$287$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <551133f7$0$2953$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: cnUgraYpUwFZ7dIYXoY6dA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3555.308 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3555.308 Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:31362 "Silvio" wrote in message news:551133f7$0$2953$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl... > Come on guys, let's stop fooling ourselves here. Who is being fooled? > If you have to maintain existing client side > applications/applets/whatever then that is bad enough and I feel sorry > for you because you have to hold on to the end of a slippery rope. Agreed. > But deep down we all know better than to develop new GUIs with Java or > even plan to support existing ones for too long. Anybody who decides to > believe otherwise is in for a tough ride. Have you even *tried* JavaFX? -- And loving it, -Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct) _________________________________________________ Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com [Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me]