Wait now, strike that, reverse it. Java owns AWT (abstract widget toolkit) Eclipse owns SWT (standard widget toolkit)
At the time, IBM was completely right to use SWT to build Eclipse, though now, with AWT making serious headway, it's arguable who has the best performance, and with constant improvements and obviously higher compatibility, AWT looks like a nicer option every time I look at it... not that I do enough Java to matter. -- nathan strutz http://www.dopefly.com/ On 12/12/06, Nathan Strutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ya know, it's not as incredible as you may think. > > From what I heard, a lot of the Java GUI improvements were largely based > on Swing & SWT, while Eclipse's AWT uses the native OS to render the GUI. > Therefore, not a lot of room for improvement in the front-end. I wouldn't > say it's slower, by any means, but it's hard to even imagine it's "25% - 30% > faster" as some are saying. > > -- > nathan strutz > http://www.dopefly.com/ > > > > > On 12/12/06, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Does it make Eclipse fly? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:263877 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
