1) One of the coolest things about the early F3 demos from Chris Oliver was the F3 interpreter and FXPad. It was a nice way to experiment with the language and APIs, similar to having a REPL in other languages. I know that, possibly due to resource constraints, Sun is working exclusively on a compiler for the language and the interpreter is not being maintained. a) is this a "final" decision? b) are there fundamental technical reasons that prevent a fully- compatible interpreter to be written (perhaps related to language changes during the specification process)?
2) Does the desktop team have a development plan for the Scenegraph project outside of its important support role for JavaFX Script? 3) (Minor issue) Can we have a rock-solid commitment from the FX team that _all_ FX demos hosted by Sun will be pack 200'd? This is a minor nit, but I get really annoyed waiting a full minute for a spinning box to appear on-screen. 4) When the runtime mailing lists were still public, there was discussion of support for integration with external data formats, like XML, JSON, and integration with data structures like JDBC's result set. What are the plans in those areas? 5) The JRE includes a preferences API, but for webstart apps I've yet to see a solid solution regarding local (client) preferences and data storage. What will FX have to offer in that area? 6) Will FX applets and webstart apps require signing? Many of the demos I've seen so far have, and I'm wondering why. Granting "all permissions" to an application signed by "Joshy" worries me a little :). 7) How does Sun plan to provide for/enable a market aimed at third- party FX-enabled (commercial and open source) components? The Swing market has always seemed fractured to me, in comparison to the fabled ActiveX/VB component market of the 90's. All for now. Thanks! Patrick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
