Not sure if this is relevant or not, but I noticed the other day that Sun had
acquired Jimi from Activated Intelligence (www activated.com) recently. Jimi is
a third patry imaging toolkit.
David Janszen wrote:
> At 02:35 PM 6/14/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >From: David Janszen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >> 2D looks to me like it is sort of a peripheral gizmo, taped and stapled
> >> onto the actual language. I assume there will be or are offerings from
> >> outside Sun that better meet 2D's design goals, but feel that it would be
> >> nicer if Sun had it together in this area.
> >
> >Well, except for the language syntax itself and whatever's in java.lang,
> >*everything* in Java is sort of peripheral. How do you feel that Java2D
> >differs in this respect from, say, AWT or RMI or Applets? They're all just
> >libraries. Java2D did have the extra burded of having to fit in with the
> >legacy of AWT's models from version 1.0 onwards. Is that what you mean?
>
> What I mean is that some of the terminology in 2D is so far off the mark
> that it appears that 2D was written without regard for any part of the
> existing World, the AWT included. The documentation is also very poor, but
> at least I know this is being corrected. I can not help but assume that
> 2D's functionality mirrors its terminology and documentation, and will
> resist further study of 2D until the last possible moment, presuming I can
> not find something better.
>
> >
> >I suspect most third party offerings will tend to build on Java2D rather
> >than replace it.
>
> I do not think that any sane group would consider building on such a murky
> swamp.
>
> >It would certainly seem a little counter-productive to do
> >otherwise.
>
> If an alternative exists, then spending time internalizing 2D in its
> current state would seem exemplary of counter-productive activity.
>
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Pete
> >
> >
> >
