I'm not sure you're screwed in an applet or webstart as you can still, from JavaScript, prompt the user to install Java if it's missing.
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm guessing you overestimate how cumbersome this would be in a web > app, but regardless of that: So? In-House swing apps can remain in- > house. Mac market share amongst corporations is tiny, they tend to > either be brought in from home by mac afficionados who will surely > figure out a way to install a JVM on their mac, or they are under > management by the system admins, who can also figure that out. So, > That's 3 reasons why in-house swing apps are not in the slightest > affected by this news. > > As I said, if you're writing an applet or a webstart app: Totally > screwed. Anything else: nothing changed. > > On Oct 28, 4:53 pm, Mark Volkmann <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:58 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > It's better in that (A) If you don't do any swing stuff (and who >> > does?), this news is irrelevant >> >> I don't believe Swing is used as infrequently as you seem to imply. I >> see it used quite often for applications developed to be run inside a >> single company. I have developed many such applications and two of >> them were written this year. They are in active production use and >> have many planned enhancements. >> >> I don't think it makes sense to turn every GUI into a web-based one. >> For example, some of my recent Swing applications read Excel files, >> present the data in a way that is easier to navigate, allow the data >> to be modified, allow new data to be added, and output new Excel >> files. It would be cumbersome to do something like that in a web app. >> >> -- >> R. Mark Volkmann >> Object Computing, Inc. > > -- > 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.
