Very interesting idea. Isn't this basically how Palm's WebOS works? You can already do something quite close to this in SWT. The built-in Browser control uses WebKit by default on a number of platforms, and you can use ordinary SWT controls for the surrounding chrome.
Neil On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > Good point. If I had the time and the expertise, I'd love to write a > library that lets you deploy apps as native executables on all major > platforms, containing a webkit with some very basically moddable > chrome around it (logo, title name, some buttons, not much more), > which starts a jetty server, and all you have to do is write the app > as a servlet. Sounds to me like a FAR nicer environment for > programming a GUI than swing, though not quite as nice as JavaFX. > Close though. If you are assured you can use all the latest and > greatest HTML features because of a guaranteed updated webkit running > your webapp, programming in vanilla HTML+CSS+JavaScript is great. For > macs it could include a JVM :0 > > Unfortunately that's not really my forté :( > > On Oct 28, 3:29 pm, Ruben Reusser <[email protected]> wrote: >> We're currently working on a desktop app using a java backend and an extjs >> frontend with an embedded browser. It's more of a business app but it seems >> to work quite well. It looks good out of the box, the components are feature >> rich and the developers are already familiar with the concepts. The >> application can run as a desktop app or as a web application. Seems to me an >> easier approach than writing a Swing app with more bang for the buck (don't >> get me wrong, I love swing) >> >> Ruben >> >> [1]http://ruben42.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/writing-a-thick-client-java-a... >> >> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:25 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > On Oct 27, 6:21 pm, CKoerner <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > But then I think of Eclipse/Netbeans and I wonder. Could you write >> > > those in say, Javascript w/Canvas (thinking Bespin), dash of platform >> > > specific C++ for bottlenecks? >> >> > Yes. >> >> > > Or maybe in Adobe Air? >> >> > As dead as java desktop is. >> >> > > What does the future really hold for Java on the desktop? A rebirth, a >> > > slow death, ??? >> >> > Was it ever born, then? It's always been a dream, it never came true, >> > and now it never will. Shame, but, worse things have happened. >> >> > In the mean time, in user-hours, the vast majority of applications run >> > on java. I'm considering the web as applications too, and I count it >> > as "written in java" if the backend involved significant amounts of >> > java. So, in that sense, "desktop" java is #1, has been for years, and >> > will be for years to come. > > -- > 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.
