I'll be brief since we will have much more detailed answers in next weeks launch on the 4th, but are a few quick answers: On Nov 26, 2008, at 1:33 PM, kibitzer wrote:
> > OK, after yesterdays Sun Developer Days event in Melbourne I'd like to > know: > * what's the practical, actual difference between FX Desktop, FX > Mobile and FX TV? The JavaFX APIs have profiles. The common profile works on all platforms, and includes basic graphics support, the language runtime, application model, etc. The desktop profile includes Swing and advanced effects that require pixelshaders (blur, dropshadow, etc.). The mobile and TV profiles are not yet public, but they will include functionality specific to those platforms. > * the proposition seems to be that FX is THE UI build tool for all > devices: desktop, laptop, mobile, TV, GPRS, whatever. Do they mean in > terms of programming paradigms, or that one UI can be built that suits > all devices (which is clearly questionable) Both. You can use the same SDK, same language, and same set of APIs on all platforms. If you want you can make a single app run on all platforms identically, or you can introduce custom logic for different platforms. > * they mentioned a number of times taking things from Illustrator and > importing them into FX. Is that a dream or a practical, actual > reality? (i.e., is there a tool for this?) The JavaFX Production Suite (formerly Project Nile) lets you export from Illustrator and Photoshop using native plugins. This works quite well. I've used it in several samples that you'll see next week. Thanks and be sure to email if you have any other questions. Or email Dick Wall since he'll be interviewing me soon at Devoxx. - J > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
