Native libraries make distribution an order of magnitude more annoying. On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Jess Holle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well if they give JavaFX a *really* nice Java API so one can use it from >> Java as easily as Swing, then there's nothing more compelling about SWT due >> to this announcement. >> >> SWT has no point over Swing at this point (vs. when it was originally >> created) unless you or your users are *really *hung up on widgets or >> fonts tracking the native platforms *perfectly*. Some of us really and >> truly could care less. >> > > You probably mean "could not care less", otherwise you're agreeing with me > :-) > > A lot of people care about applications looking like the host OS they are > running in, and SWT/JFace/EclipseRCP is way ahead of Swing in that area. > > >> Just give us a decent UI that runs on any desktop OS without any extra >> native libraries, etc (which kills the notion of SWT immediately) >> > > How so? Swing uses native libraries as well (well, AWT does). They are just > implementing the UI at a different level than SWT. > > The whole "native libraries are evil" thing died more than ten years ago. > > and a reasonable API (which Swing has in my book). The rest of the >> Eclipse RCP might be nice -- but it's "contaminated" by SWT for those who >> want no part of SWT. >> > > Sounds like a pretty arbitrary and emotional position, but whatever works > for you. > > -- > Cédric > > > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- 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.
