Well, the Oracle buy out put the whole thing in the air for a year and then there was the dropping of JavaFXScript, which was probably another year.
But 2.0 is a 2.0 product, even the EA builds worked pretty well and were more functional than JavaFX 1.0 - 1.3. Its still only a small team to my understanding. On Jun 1, 7:07 pm, Moandji Ezana <[email protected]> wrote: > On the Java Spotlight Podcast > #32<http://blogs.oracle.com/javaspotlight/entry/java_spotlight_episode_32...> > , Nandini Ramani, the "Vice President of Development at Oracle in the Fusion > Middleware Group" in charge of Java FX has a slightly different take. > > She says (around 16:30) that coming out on Windows first was a "very > concious decision because time to market was so critical for us and testing > on all different platforms takes a lot of effort... It will be followed by a > Mac OS port". I found the time to market aspect amusing for a 3 or 4 year > old product that has never really gone anywhere. > > Moandji > > --www.moandjiezana.com > > Sent from my phone > On 31 May 2011 06:39, "Jonathan Giles" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > As Steven Herod linked to, here's Richard Bairs (Java Client > > Architect) response (see the last comment): > > > Cay, I have to agree! Which is why we have not developed a windows > > version in isolation of everything else — or even first!. I develop > > only on a Mac, and have done so for the past 3 years. As many > > developers here work on Mac as work on Windows, and a number are on > > Linux. Gerard Ziemski, who designed the initial version of Glass (our > > windowing layer replacing AWT) works only on a Mac and writes and > > maintains the Cocoa code. The first platform Glass came up on was a > > Mac, and was subsequently ported on Windows (and differences between > > Mac and Windows were at that time worked through). The guys working on > > the windows version are also the AWT maintainers who for years have > > wanted another go at it to fix the problems of AWT. We’re really very > > well versed in these problems :-) . > > > As for media, it sounds like there is some documentation which needs > > addressing. We are using gstreamer for the media framework, which as > > I’m sure you are aware is really quite widely adopted and works well > > on multiple platforms. > > > Now, I’m not prepared to make a statement on timetables or on why the > > windows 32-bit is the only one released at this first beta. But do > > bear in mind, we’re releasing a new beta build every 2 weeks. This > > isn’t a release candidate! It is a snapshot in time which represents a > > certain level of development and a certain level of testing. > > > -- Jonathan > > > On May 31, 1:36 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Steven Herod <[email protected] > >wrote: > > >> > This may also help out on the cross platform question: > >> >http://fxexperience.com/2011/05/is-javafx-2-0-cross-platform/ > > >> Yes, in the sense that the answer is "Not at the moment and we can't tell > >> you when". > > >> Obviously, we can't know if Oracle is being truthful when they say that > >> JavaFX will be cross platform at some undetermined time in the future, > but > >> we can definitely draw some conclusions from the fact that they chose to > >> release a Windows-only version first: this is the clear sign that the > >> development process of JavaFX is not multi platform. > > >> Which should be a concern to everyone with an interest in that field and > >> quite reminiscent of the disaster that happened with AWT fifteen years > ago. > > >> Myself, I just can't understand why there's still even a tiny amount of > >> people who are interested in JavaFX after Sun proved for fifteen years > that > >> they just weren't very good at this UI framework stuff. > > >> -- > >> Cédric > > > -- > > 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.
