I didn't realise cyberduck was written in java - and I LOVE that app, very very handy.
And I don't care as much for portability - if there are reasonable options on every platform. I don't see anything wrong with what cyberduck does - but it seems much of the java community does. On Aug 3, 7:41 am, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick Wright wrote: > > So I think what I'm saying is this: I think it's great that this team > > is working on a solid-quality, useful app in Java, regardless of the > > fact that it's not cross-platform. And I think as a community, it > > might help us if we stopped evaluating desktop Java apps based merely > > on portability and focused more on their utility, integration, and the > > quality of their UI. If Java and the JVM don't help us build _better_ > > apps _more easily_ and of _higher quality_ than the alternatives, then > > there is no reason to advocate them, and an app's portability really > > doesn't matter. > > Well, this is partially right, partially nonsense. :-) I like Cyberduck > a lot, and it's really well done. But it doesn't make me willing to use > Mac OS X more than other factors - indeed, it's likely that I'll drop > Cyberduck sooner or later, as I strive to use _exclusively_ portable > applications. It's easy to say that portability is useless if you don't > have to use multiple o.ses. For me it's important, and much more > important of the cool factor. I understand that Cyberduck author made a > specific choice to go only with Mac OS X, clearly works for them and for > Mac OS X users. Not for me.> FWIW, I'd be glad if someone wanted to take on > the effort of writing a > > Swing or SWT UI for Cyberduck, and see how they fare. In fact, it > > would probably be a great challenge for the next JavaFX > > competition :). > > I'm wondering whether Cyberduck is designed on a good MVC or such - if > models are well separated, it shouldn't be so hard to write new UIs for > it; but I wonder why nobody did up to now. > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/blog > [email protected] - mobile: +39 348.150.6941 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
