Hello, I see a lot of java UI on desktop. 1.) Eclipse IDE. Many java/g++ developers use it. 2.) Eclipse RCP. That's really huge. A lot of traders use SWT based app as Frontend. Delta 1, BNP.
alexander On Friday, October 19, 2012 9:09:54 PM UTC+2, fabrizio.giudici wrote: > > In this mailing list the assertion "nobody uses Java on the desktop" > frequently appears. Taken as a general statement, it is false: the > industry uses lots of Java on the desktop. But, agreeing to restrict the > assertion to the usage of end users on the web, it's reasonable. I usually > > even agree with this latter interpretation. > > But sometimes there's a little evidence that "nobody" is an exaggerated > term even in this interpretation. For instance, the latest bunch of Java 6 > > -> Java 7 upgrades is triggering problems where you won't expect: end > users on the web, the thing that shouldn't exist. For instance: > > 1. I've just learned that the U.S. judiciary system uses Java for > uploading documents: e.g. https://ecf.cadc.uscourts.gov/ > 2. Italian business consultants must use Java in various way to upload > documents, e.g. signed ones: > > http://forum.commercialistatelematico.com/altri-argomenti/53284-problemi-con-firma-comunica-per-colpa-di-java.html > > (sorry, this obviously is in italian) > 3. I've read in a mailing list of a developer who updated to Java 7 on Mac > > OS X, and then the *applet* used by his home banking service broke. > > (I'm excluding partial uses, such as applets used to upload files in a > number of web sites, as they are just a minor part of the functions of the > > site and usually there's a HTML-only alternative). > > > Clearly, these aren't tons of uses. But definitely more than nothing. > Of course, if Java keeps on creating troubles when upgrading, the number > will eventually drop to zero. But so far, it isn't. > > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect @ Tidalwave s.a.s. > "We make Java work. Everywhere." > http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/blog - [email protected] <javascript:> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/vN4VzSQX0r8J. 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.
