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JavaFX RIA technology almost ready
- swilliams 18y agoWasn't this announced alongside Silverlight a while ago? Flash is still dominant and Microsoft has released Silverlight 2.0 in the meantime. Is anyone going to actually use JavaFX? Why was Sun so slow on this?
- jm4 18y agoDoes anyone think this will go anywhere? Since JavaFX was announced it's seemed like nothing more than an also-ran that was dead in the water before they even got started. FTA: "Sun officials demonstrated JavaFX running with video capabilities, touting the ability to drag and drop video out of a browser and onto the desktop. With JavaFX, users have a single platform with both browser and desktop deployment capabilities, unlike Adobe, which provides Flash for the browser and AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) for the desktop, Sun officials stressed." JavaFX seems useless in the browser because no one is going to download a 15+ MB installer when the Flash plugin can be installed in seconds without even having to restart the browser. Youtube was the real killer app for Flash and the fact that Flash is so ubiquitous and easily installed likely contributed greatly to Youtube's success. In comparison, choosing JavaFX seems like a risky proposition. As for the desktop... Are they out of their minds? Java is more or less dead on the desktop except for maybe some crappy "enterprise" software. Besides, there isn't a rush to adopt AIR so it seems like there isn't much developer interest in that area.
- sherl0ck 18y agounless Sun figure out how to install Java on a brand new PC, yes JavaFX won't go anywhere. IMHO Sun should put more effort on building Swing