What about SWIXL. Because then you could pronounce it "swizzle". Which has a ring to it. I find it stirring anyhow.
Alex On 8 Jan 2003 at 15:10, Tim Colson wrote: > > The alpha version of the XML-2-Swing conversion engine codenamed SWIX is > > ready to go OPEN-SOURCE. > SWIX is a great acronym/name! :-) > > Unfortunately swix.com/net/org are all taken. :-( > Howabout SWIXML? > > "Simple Windowing Interfaces in XML" > swixml.org/net/com are all available... I'd be happy to register one if > folks like it and point it to the sourceforge site. > > And I really like the change in the XMl to calling the window frame a... > well, a frame (instead of a thinlet or a swinglet). > > > Already much effort went into this first alpha release and while we are by > > far not alone with the XML-to-Swing approach, all currently available > > projects (and there are about 10) go either too far, converting the > > client-side into a portal server, or re-invert JSP, with IF/THEN/ELSE and > > LOOP statements inside the XML. > > I like the idea of keeping the UI xml simple. KISS > > I also believe the project could gain a lot of ground if the xml was kept > language neutral. I don't know if that's possible or not, and still keep it > simple, but I think it's worthy at least of consideration. > > XUL tries...but it isn't simple. I'd love to be able to keep the same UI > descriptor and use a SWIXML.DLL from C#. I know that's heresy in this > community...but I like to hedge my bets...and C# will produce runnable > exe/cutables that can run on a _lot_ of desktops. > > > If you have read through the mail, looked at some of the other > XUL-to-Swing > > converter projects and still would like to get involved, please send me an > > Email _now_: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ok - I'm interested, but I'm going to post this in the forum just to > publicly show support. :-) > > > I would be nice if you could answer a couple of questions: > I've been working with Java for almost 3 years, but mostly server-side so > I'm a newbie for Swing. > > I have a project that will be a rich client based on Swing and using web > services to 'talk' to the backend. For this, I would prefer to use SWIXML > assuming it can reach a stable 1.0 milestone within 4 months. (prefer stable > over feature rich). > > I may potentially be working 20-30 hours a week professionally on a Swing UI > based project. That should afford some time (plus afterhours coding) to > spend on the SWIX project... but since I'm a swing newbie - I may be more > useful for QA/bug reporting than raw coding. > > > How would you prefer to share code, have you worked with SmartCVS etc.? > Sourceforge's CVS would be fine. The chap who wrote SmartCVS is quite > amiable and responsive - the product is certainly worth using. (albiet, I'm > still more accustomed to the free WinCVS.org) > > > Even if you think you might not be the perfect fit for this project - your > > input could still be very useful - and btw., > I hope to be able to help. :-) > > > Based on the work I did with Theodore, I'm planning to write a SWIX based > > SWIX Editor named Franklin. A first prototype able to work 3 different > > widget has already been completed, see screen-shot here: > > Fantastic! > Cheers, > Timo > > > > _______________________________________________ > Forum mailing list > [email protected] > http://jupiter.lunarpages.com/mailman/listinfo/forum_carlsbadcubes.com
