> However, as already mentioned in this thread, one could argue why to > bother with desktop? Since it is dying anyway and development is > moving toward web and mobile platforms.
It's only dying because there's no security model protecting your data from a rogue program you install. If and when the OSs fix that we can drop JavaScript on its head like we tried to do >10 years ago. On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Igor Khotin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Vuze bittorrent client could be considered as a popular Java app. > > Some Java games: > Minecraft > Tribe Trouble > RunScape - is one of the most popular free to play MMOs > Three Rings use Java for number of their MMOs - Spiral Knights, Puzzle > Pirates, Bang! Howdy... > > RunScape, Minecraft, Vuze probably could be considered as killer apps, > but I don't think they would make any difference on the desktop. The > problem is not with functional capabilities, but with attitude of > desktop/game developers. Game development is a quite conservative > business and still C++ dominated. Recently C# is getting into the > picture with XNA. Java would need some rich framework like XNA + a lot > of marketing/evangelism to penetrate into the gamedev at this point. > All we got now is JMonkey, Ardor3D, Xith3D and Slick - none of these > could provide compete stack to simplify development (although JMonkey > is moving in that direction). And Android shows that developers are > willing to write client apps and games in Java if proper environment > and support available. > > > Igor > > On Jul 24, 5:48 am, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: >> A recent all-java client app that could be considered 'killer' is of course >> Minecraft, though I rather doubt that's what you had in mind. > > -- > 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.
