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> Unfortunately I have no good suggestion how to escape from that situation (quickly) Java apps! ducks But seriously folks, I'm curious what went wrong there.
by MrDom 12y ago
> Unfortunately I have no good suggestion how to escape from that situation (quickly)
Java apps! ducks But seriously folks, I'm curious what went wrong there. The JVM these days is very fast, runs everywhere and comes installed by default on most operating systems. I was still a student during the java hayday, but the only downsides I vaguely recall were poor UI, poor security and poor speed. The last two have been fixed and the first one seems very fixable. Furthermore, you don't have to write apps in java anymore. It just seems like there's a lot of untapped potential there these days.
- untog 12y agoI'd argue that the world has moved on from desktop apps. Maybe that's reversible, but I'm not convinced.
- diydsp 12y agoOne issue I had with Java was the aesthetics of UI elements. Inheriting the DOM, especially its graphical elements was a boon to JS apps. Technically Java can/could do all the same stuff, but in the DOM, input, output, graphics and text all flow together. They're too rigidly separated in Java layouts. While I'm at it, upgrading the Java runtime was always an annoying process, taking time, confusing my sister, etc.