On Nov 10, 3:10 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > ... and then leave the really native look (which I understand OGL apps > suck at, given that they have to do all the drawing themselves) to > SWT?
I was checking out http://cappuccino.org/ and the Cappuccino web framework for building RIA apps as JavaScript/DOM. This project strives to emulate Apple's APIs and even the Objective-C language by putting a thin translation layer on JavaScript in order to create a language they dub Objective-J. Their framework and libraries enable delivering very decent quality RIA-style web apps. However, they implement their own widget controls instead of relying on and wrapping HTML widgets. That way they get a consistent look and feel and behavior across different browsers. If these guys can pull this off with JavaScript and browser DOM, I'd think it would be possible to get a quality result by layering Java2D/ JavaFX/AWT/Swing on top of OpenGL and get quality result there too. > That's actually not a bad idea, though I very much doubt oracle is > going to go for that. It would certainly enable Oracle to better streamline the Open JDK presentation layer relative to all the OS platforms they either currently support or could more easily support (i.e., Mac OS X). If would also bolster the graphics presentation layer of Java / JVM to where it will have a great deal more relevancy going forward into the future. There's really some powerful incentive involved here for Oracle to give this serious consideration. -- 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.
