On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this sense .NET languages are much better than Java, which is not > well-integrated on any platform! And Java's startup time isn't bad > these days either, so let's let this old piece of FUD die.
In your defense, Java has only addressed these issues fairly recently. However, Swing apps (using Java 6) on XP/Vista is indistinguishable from the native widgets -- not unlike Qt. The GTK+ theme for Swing on Linux is crappy though. However, to compare apples-to-apples, a Java app binding to the GTK+ libs like Mono does (or using SWT witch is actually pushing native widgets on the target platform) has perfect native integration. The default UI toolkit provided by Java is Swing. However, there are several popular native-binding alternatives. However, for this discussion, I think the point is moot. When talking about Rich Internet Applications that Flex, Silverlight, and JavaFX target, producing a native looking app is not only irrelevant, it's typically avoided. -Bryan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
