I've been trying it out and it's obvious how much thought and work has gone into the apis. It works well, but I do hope the software rendering pipeline is going to be improve, as it's extremely slow. Some parts of the Ensemble app take a minute to open on a core 2 duo @ 2.66ghz, but without hardware acceleration.
Moandji -- www.moandjiezana.com Sent from my phone On 2 Jun 2011 02:21, "Steven Herod" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. 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