On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 16:19, Bernd Fondermann <bernd.fonderm...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 15:27, Adrian A. <a.adrian.t...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Many mail servers run headless in a lights out datacenter. >>> The probability that I'd ever be able to use a Swing-James-Admin UI is >>> very very small. >> >> Not quite :). >> >> Also even if the server is headless, it can handle Swing and AWT, Java2D: >> everything. E.g. for tomcat, you need the: >> java.awt.headless=true >> property for it. > > I know. Yet, I'll never gonna be trying. > >> The Swing Client runs on the client with JNLP - Just like any browser. > > I'd never be touching this client. I'd very much prefer a web GUI. > Even if this Swing app would play vintage vinyl jazz records for me, I > wouldn't care. - Ok, maybe *then* I would. I would listen to it, but > use the web GUI for administration instead. > >>> And I think you're not right saying that every Java comes with Swing, BTW. >> Every Java required to run JAMES also has Swing. > > But this is not necessarily true in the future.
And honestly, I can't think of any student wanting to code a Swing app at GSoC. But you'll never know, they hack on the obscurest things... Bernd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-dev-unsubscr...@james.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: server-dev-h...@james.apache.org
