I'd have to agree with this point. The lowest common denominator everywhere has always been an issue in Java. Microsoft chose not to go there, Mono went there but opted for the native peer approach akin to SWT. Google appears to not have been convinced by Java's UI/L&F either given their otherwise impressive portfolio of cross-platform desktop apps. So as much as I love bashing Apple, I can't blame Steve for defending this particular quality criteria. Cross platform UI was a pipe-dream that never materialized beyond good-enough. Steve does not like good-enough and evidently that mind-set has served him well.
On Apr 14, 10:34 am, "Vince O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 14, 1:27 am, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think you are wrong about Java on the Mac. It didn't do well because of > > Apple. They never kept up with releases and didn't bother to put much effort > > into it. You can't blame Java for that. I'm surprised Sun didn't take Apple > > to task about getting updates out there quicker. > > Much as I agree with general gist of the recent threads about Apple, > you can't really blame them for having somewhere between little and no > interest in Java. The reason they supported it at all is because it > allowed them to sell Macs to developers. Apple's revenue stream is > based on their being able to sell hardware that delivers an > unparalleled UI experience and the one thing that you can about Java > is that it is a "write once, looks irredeemably, inexcusably, pug- > bloody-ugly everywhere". It's no accident that the only place Java > has been successful is on servers where you don't have to look at it. > > Hopefully, now that Oracle is replacing Sun as controller of the JCP > and also that the "old guard" are resigning, we will start to see > timely progress in the evolution of the language. Perhaps even a > version seven before I retire (sometime in the 2020s). > > Vince. -- 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.
