Doug Twilleager wrote:
>
> We would love to supply lots of documentation for all things
> related to Java 3D (internal or external), but there are only
> so many hours in the day.
What, I thought Henry had changed the laws of physics for you guys? :)
> has been working on Java 3D since 1.0. So, to say that we don't
> know whats going on would be a misrepresentation. There is a very
> large history and knowledge base surrounding the product.
Well we do get a large lot of confusing statements from engineers in the
same team. This thread priority thing is just the latest example. One
guys says it does things one way, another states it does something very
different. Much easier to point at a document and say "it says what
things do here". Saves you guys having to answer the same questions over
and over and makes my life with the FAQ much easier too...
> As I have always said, if you want to know something about what
> Java 3D is doing, just ask.
And then you get a lovely page dedicated to it on j3d.org :)
> PS - Yes, I was the engineer Justin was bugging all last week. :^)
And very nice about it too! It was nice to have the Sun people there to
chat with for the extended period of time. Very amiable folks. Hope that
more than just Micheal and Doug(s) can make it to either JavaOne or
Siggraph. Would really like to meet them.
Like most here, I like the J3D concepts, the lack of documentation is
killing it being much more widely accepted at first pass. Lisa's
questions are very typical of the people trying to kick the tyres and
not finding anything remotely resembling answers. j3d.org gets probably
one or two questions a week about this sort of thing so from my
perspective it is something in need of critical attention by Sun's
engineers, moreso than new features. People come it, can't find things
and then wander off to something else like GL4java because it is much
easier to determine what the features are.
Note to Sun employees: Warning, anything you say can and will be taken
down and used in an email to this list :)
--
Justin Couch Author, Java Hacker
http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/ Java 3D FAQ Maintainer
http://www.j3d.org/ J3D.org The Java 3D Community Site
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