[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Is that So ? I guess you haven't Push the Swing API
> its limit. I encounter quite a lot of bug that I had
> to use the latest swing API in order to solve my bugs.
Doh! That sounds like a pretty silly argument. I am sure that most
Swing developers are using Swing 1.1.1 beta 2 at this moment!
There are definitely problems with Swing that I too would like fixed too.
BUT the design looks pretty solid and carefully thought out. Bugs are
something that everybody has to live with. Besides the code is public,
so there is nothing to stop investigating the flaw. We only need to
know how.
My biggest gripe with the Swing/AWT technology is that the Buttons are
not settable from a resource file. Those of you who are know the older
X Window Intrinsic / Motif libs should recognize that the Xt Widgets
can read their attribute from a resource file. I guess the same idea
applies to MFC too. A JButton is a not settable from a ResourceBundle or
property file by default, you have program this yourself; that is the
Swing developer has implemented this (yet) so you have live and let die.
Lastly someone else has already said that Sun has established the APIs
that Java requires (or should require). It onlys need to deliver them
and distribute default implementations. In the future I can see
albeit dimly that we 'd need to download a core JDK and any other API
will be extensions. Thus Sun has laid down the foundation. I only hope
that they succeed and get things out on time. If they don't they
will probably loose out of the next big thing while disappointing
all of us enthusiastic people. There is a lot of talent out they
like using Java, no body wants to waste their time and energy on
technology that is flawed. Don't knock Swing mate, I think its brilliant
stuff. I think somebody once sang, "Get off tha thing, if you think
you can do better."
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Cheers
Peter
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