I think the reason is largely historical at this point frankly. I think one could /now/ do a great Java in browser. Java blew its chance in this regard by not being ready when Sun attempted to do this and getting a reputation as ill-suited for this. Additionally many browsers were done by communities that felt divorced from Java (prior to OpenJDK).
The issue is that no one wants to do a new browser now. Everyone's glomming onto WebKit, Mozilla, or Opera. Casper Bang wrote: > Let's turn it on the head for a moment, whom of you are currently > reading this from HotJava or another Java based browser? Ok. And why > not? > > /Casper > > On Sep 18, 6:02 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Ahhh the irony...a Java development environment that only works on one >> platform. >> >> On Sep 18, 11:26 am, "Viktor Klang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Joshua Marinacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> out of curiosity, why does your app need 70 jars? >>>> >>> 70 jars of Java on the wall, 70 jars of Java. >>> Take one down and pass it around, 69 jars of Java on the wall. >>> >>>> On Sep 18, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Amarjeet Singh wrote: >>>> >>>> I just tried this IDE and a couple of quick points: >>>> >>>> - No support for multiple source paths. >>>> - No JUnit support. However, it does support ANT and hence JUnit tests >>>> could be an ANT task. >>>> - Quirks like, "one has to add each java jar file, individually from a >>>> dialog box". I was trying to import about 70 jar files and I finally gave >>>> up >>>> after adding 5 jars. >>>> - No project types, except for a java application and a java applet. The >>>> whole web has been left out. >>>> - No import functionality from existing projects from a different IDE. >>>> >>>> It reminds me of the days when I was using Kawa, a native IDE for java. >>>> >>>> Just my thoughts. If you can extract speed out of it being a C++ >>>> application capable of running and compiling java, with not too many fancy >>>> requirements around enterprise application development, then go ahead. >>>> >>>> Btw, have you tried Blue-J? Blue-J is primarily a java language teaching >>>> IDE, but it sure should be capable of doing more. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Amarjeet >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 2:08 PM, allen cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm a Java beginner and now sourcing a lightweight Java IDE for my >>>>> school projects. I used Eclipse before but it ran a bit slow on my 2 >>>>> yrs old computer. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone has tried JCODER,http://www.jcoder.com. >>>>> >>>>> I'm using its Lite version and consider to switch to its full version. >>>>> >>>>> Appreciate your comments. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Amarjeet Singh >>>> Phone: +91-98712-76661 >>>> >>> -- >>> Viktor Klang >>> Senior Systems Analyst >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
