The lack of MPEG-4, H.264, CD and DVD-writing support, etc., bothers me. Swing also suffers in reputation because of the programs that use its default look and feel instead of the system look and feel.
I uninstalled Java on my brother-in-law's laptop this morning because he didn't know why he had it and it was asking him for permission to update itself constantly. That's not much to do with Swing, but that really sucks. I had a quick look in the control panel and couldn't find any silent update feature (I was reading it in Spanish, which I'm not completely fluent in, so I could have missed something) On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:05 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Just one data point. I proposed a session at a UK conference five > years ago entitled "Is Desktop Java Really Dead?" > > It was rejected with the answer "yes" > > I love Swing. I'm writing a lovely Swing app for a client right now, > with a custom look and feel, developed on Mac but targeted at Windows. > It's sweet, the customer is delighted, and I'm very proud of it. But > the writing was on the wall for Desktop Java when Sun pulled swingx. > > Duncan > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
