Comments on: JavaFX: The preview has landed

By: Remedies

Remedies — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:47:06 +0000

Thats not as exciting as the title suggests.
However, Intresting never the less

By: nicolasschudel

nicolasschudel — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:00:37 +0000

Apart from a performance gain, I don’t see any reason not to do this with the Flash Authoring environment and Actionscript 3.

Kudos thought for the feature that allows the app to run locally by simply dragging it outside of the browser window.

By: jaydfwtx

jaydfwtx — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:19:33 +0000

@fighne That is true, but not what I asked. I currently have Java6 on my mac, but it is 1.6_05… 6u10 is not out for macs yet. Since the draggable applet feature comes in 6u10, and she is showing it on a mac, then they must have a special build they are using or they have hacked it to work somehow.

By: Nosredna

Nosredna — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:38:59 +0000

>>You win that round Nosredna.
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The amazing thing is, the web seems dead if you try it without Flash, but works just fine without Java. I don’t feel like I’m missing much of anything except for ads. Maybe if Flash had never shown up, Java would be more important in the client.

By: indiehead

indiehead — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:43:35 +0000

certainly is awesome, although i think canvas may give javafx a run for it’s money.

By: matanlurey

matanlurey — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:27:27 +0000

You win that round Nosredna.

By: Nosredna

Nosredna — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:25:22 +0000

>>GWT supports only a limited subset of Java and is limited to the Browser’s scripting engine.

Yeah, but I don’t even install Java anymore. :-)

By: Diodeus

Diodeus — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:42:41 +0000

I can’t download the Java update, I’m in an embargoed country – Canada!
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* sigh* what did we do this time?

By: fighne

fighne — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:16:01 +0000

@jaydfwtx: I believe in the latest update to the JDK by Apple it goes to 1.6 but it’s only for the latest 64bit Intel Mac’s :( no 32bit Intel or PPC.

By: jaydfwtx

jaydfwtx — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:51:57 +0000

In the video, she is using a 6u10 feature (applet dragging) on OSX. Anyone know how to get that working on OSX without waiting for Apple to release their version of 6u10?

By: constantology

constantology — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:40:13 +0000

underwhelmed is an understatement…

By: PuckPuck

PuckPuck — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:30:28 +0000

meh… I want to see something that interacts with and is far more integrated into the browser and the DOM. this example leaves much to be desired, and given Silverlight is leaps and bounds past this, and Adobe AIR and Flash are farther still, and part of 90+% of all browsers, JavaFX has a long way to go, and some serious catching up to do…

Unfortunately, this is more of the same from Sun lately… too little, too late. Sun should concentrate all efforts on J2EE 6 and stop worrying about this market which is already dominated by others.

By: matanlurey

matanlurey — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:12:21 +0000

@Nosredna

GWT supports only a limited subset of Java and is limited to the Browser’s scripting engine. JavaFX (or Java), with proper support and plugins, could theoretically support anything in the JRE (running in a sandbox, of course) – including accelerated graphics, sockets, and more.

I’d be interested in seeing a more stable Java plugin, and more intuitive ways to interact with the DOM or Javascript.

By: Nosredna

Nosredna — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:05:53 +0000

Seems like someone who wants to use Java in the browser would lean more toward GWT (which doesn’t require a plugin). But I suppose it depends on exactly what you want to do and how you want to work.