On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 15:10:40 +0100 Oliver Kopp <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Philipp, > > > I think Jabref has not switched to javaFX yet. > > Yes, not yet. The discussion around the new UI is mainly tracked at > https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/113. > > With our students team, I think, the work on the new UI will start in > Q2 2016 the earliest. Thanks for the pointer. > > Once it does I think there will be more compatibility issues and the > > oracle JRE may be required. > > Do you have a reference for that? I was assuming that there should no > issues there. It was an assumption based on possibly outdated information (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javafx#License). If this slightly newer information (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18547362/javafx-and-openjdk) is correct, then it should be the same codebase. Lack of VP6 and Webstart should not be relevant (except if you plan on deploying via webstart). > The current issue with the OpenJRE seems to be related to the GTK+ > look-and-feel. Other look-and-feels work fine - see > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jabref/+bug/1520294 As far as I understand it, an accessibility wrapper causes the issue. > > @Devs, what are you planning in that regard? javaFX based on oracle > > or openjdk or try to make it work with both? > > Try to make it work with both. > > > @Devs, I have seen that you are looking for developers. I was even > > considering doing some work on Jabref before development picked up > > again (visibly) to fix some issues. I hope to find some time. > > You are very welcome. Please also consider taking part at JabCon - > http://jabcon.jabref.org/ :-) This sounds like more of a hacking meeting than a conference. Nevertheless, I will consider taking part. > > I really like the new look of Jabref, (with the GTKLookAndFeel and > > Adwaita theme it looks even nicer, see attached screenshot, if it > > makes it through). > > Yes, it looks really nice. We should start a private discussion to > pimp it even more to create a replacement for the old WikiPedia > screenshot - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JabRef > > Cheers, > > Oliver Regards, Philipp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Jabref-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users
