There are Java desktop applications you won't have heard of that have quite a user base. They won't appear on Twitter or Facebook, and won't win any awards for appearance.
Next time you're on an aeroplane, the pilots could easily be using a Java desktop program to monitor the onboard cameras. Next time you trigger a silent alarm by 'accidentally' walking down someone's garden path at night instead of the footpath next to it it could be someone operating a Java desktop program that sees you and calls the police. Next time there's a break-in and you want to retrieve CCTV footage from the time of the event you could be using a Java program to do so. And that's just some of the software I work on. I'm sure others on this list could add to that easily. On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:04 PM, CKoerner <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a bit of irony that Java Desktop apps tend to be IDE's that > are often used to write in languages other than Java itself? > > On Dec 14, 6:38 am, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > With the latest evolutions, JavaFX is just Swing 2.0 for Java. So, it > > > will fit in a scenario of "normal" Java desktop applications, I'm no > > > more seeing it as a Flash / Javascript alternative. So, it's not dead, > > > but the original target for it is. > > > > But "normal" Java desktop applications aren't exactly flourishing, > > beyond developer circles and IDE's in particular. So I actually think > > it will also be dead in a year or two... currently in a bit of a > > zombie state, not really dead but not really alive either. > > -- > 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.
