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Why is Hacker News not interested in JavaFX at all? Seriously.

• gonzo41 6y ago
  I know right! I watched a scene builder demo and was floored at how easy things were. Java went with webapps thinking it'd be easier to manage distribution of the application if a browser did it for you. Or at least that's how the trends played out. It kind of works, but the real missed opportunity was all the client side processing and storage that desktop apps bring to the table.
• brnt 6y ago
  In general desktop ui is underrepresented. Then again, if you look at (most of) big tech, they're web first (or only), plus maybe a custom platform (iOS, Windows, Android). None of these companies really do cross platform desktop ui. That's the space of smaller businesses, and perhaps a smaller space in general.
• pjmlp 6y ago
  Too much Java hate over here.