I see no purpose in writing a new HTML renderer in Java. In fact, I see no point in doing a new one in C or any other language given that WebKit and Gecko (the renderer at the core of FireFox) exist. Making a new renderer is an incredible amount of work that would serve little purpose. I *do* see value in a webbrowser written in Java, but using one of those two renderers. - Josh
On Sep 18, 2008, at 9:42 AM, Jess Holle wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
