Re: Lighthouse
We launched the public beta of Lighthouse today: https://www.vinumeris.com/lighthouse Feedback has been good so far and we've received lots of compliments about how slick the UI is, and how un-Javay it feels ;) Actually it's just Modena with a few CSS tweaks, and a few animated effects. I hope it can stand as a nice public example of how to use JavaFX to make modern and fresh UIs. As before it's open source, so anyone who wants to learn how to make an app that looks like this or steal some of the code - you're welcome to it!
Re: Lighthouse
Thanks for getting back to us Mike and letting us know about your successful use of JavaFX. The team does work hard and appreciates the kind words. Steve On 2014-09-12, 2:42 PM, Mike Hearn wrote: I've open sourced the JavaFX app I was working on for the past six months or so. Lighthouse is a Bitcoin crowdfunding application that uses some of the more novel features of the Bitcoin protocol to allow middleman free fund raising. There's a video of it in action here: http://blog.vinumeris.com/2014/09/12/lighthouse-alpha-now-open-source/ and some screenshots here: https://github.com/vinumeris/lighthouse Additionally I've open sourced UpdateFX, which is an auto update engine that provides some interesting features: https://github.com/vinumeris/updatefx It's kind of rough still but if anyone is looking for an alternative to the existing update engines out there, take a look. I just wanted to say thanks to the OpenJFX team for your help and support this summer. I've very much enjoyed working both with you all and the framework you've created. I believe JavaFX is a surprisingly good fit for the Bitcoin community, because we suffer quite badly from the limitations and problems of web apps. HTML5 + decentralisation don't mix very well. A plain old desktop app works better, and JavaFX is a good way to build such things. thanks, -mike
Lighthouse
I've open sourced the JavaFX app I was working on for the past six months or so. Lighthouse is a Bitcoin crowdfunding application that uses some of the more novel features of the Bitcoin protocol to allow middleman free fund raising. There's a video of it in action here: http://blog.vinumeris.com/2014/09/12/lighthouse-alpha-now-open-source/ and some screenshots here: https://github.com/vinumeris/lighthouse Additionally I've open sourced UpdateFX, which is an auto update engine that provides some interesting features: https://github.com/vinumeris/updatefx It's kind of rough still but if anyone is looking for an alternative to the existing update engines out there, take a look. I just wanted to say thanks to the OpenJFX team for your help and support this summer. I've very much enjoyed working both with you all and the framework you've created. I believe JavaFX is a surprisingly good fit for the Bitcoin community, because we suffer quite badly from the limitations and problems of web apps. HTML5 + decentralisation don't mix very well. A plain old desktop app works better, and JavaFX is a good way to build such things. thanks, -mike
