On Monday, April 30, 2012 8:17:03 PM UTC+2, phil swenson wrote: > > java apps can feel snappy sometimes. but often the first time you hit > a menu item it takes forever to come up. Or if you leave an app > running, leave for another task and come bask - it takes quite a while > to become responsive again. also, garbage collection pauses are > annoying. >
I don't think it's the GC, but Swing is just horribly over-engineered. The most successful Java desktop applications (if we can call these successful) are SWT based. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/PTs1tFiNr4kJ. 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.
