Oh, I hope the theory isn't as hare-brained as all that. "Sexy" is driven by designers and other "creatives", who live and breath Adobe tools, and have been doing so for the better part of two decades (or, their entire lives, whichever is shorter! ;-) Trying to squeeze into that space would require *massive* resources, plus a finger on the heartbeat of that community, things that Sun surely doesn't have.
- Chas On Nov 26, 10:25 am, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > While Tor seems to hint at things to come, this is the water-tank > chatter I've picked up: > > 1) They needed something "sexy" a la Flex. > 2) There should be an eventual revenue model through tools. > 3) It should not be hampered by usual compatibility roadblocks. > > It feels like a game of catching up SUN could never win, considering > the competitors aren't exactly idling either. > I suppose I couldn't care less, except for 3 years now other things > have suffered (SwingLabs, SAF and even Java itself). > > /Casper > > On Nov 26, 3:30 pm, Jess Holle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Chas Emerick wrote: > > > For my money, give me Swing2, fix the applet/deployment experience, > > > and fix the license/redistribution issues, and we'd be on that in a > > > second. > > > I concur that one of the most interesting spaces is that which would be > > logically occupied by a "Swing2". I'd be "okay" with this being JavaFX, > > but JavaFX has a lot of gaps in that direction. Chasing the "bauble" > > app direction seems just plain silly -- but, hey, I'm an enterprise app guy. > > > -- > > Jess Holle > > -- 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.
