On Nov 7, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Clemens Eisserer wrote: >> PLEASE, PLEASE don't make us wait until JDK9 for something that worked >> really well in Apple's JDK6. > > An internal API doesn't mean you can't use it with JDK8, only that it > is not part of the default API (which is more or less the same as with > Apple's JDK6).
Admittedly, I didn't read through the whole thread — moving the @2x naming to JDK9 just caught my eye. > However wouldn't it better to wait for an early JDK8 fetaure update, > instead of breaking the Image interface with an un-sound design > forever? Right, I forgot, Java is like Windows 32. Things stick around forever. ;-) No, but seriously, proper Retina support is essential for the desktop. You can't ship a consumer application these days that does not support it. To me it's one of the biggest obstacles for Java7 adoption on OS X. As long as I have a way to create or load HiDPI images that I can use throughout my application (say e.g. in a JLabel) in Java8 or better Java7, I'm happy. If it's compatible with the Apple Java6 way of doing things (i.e. @2x), I'm even happier. That's pretty much all I intended to convey with my plea above. Cheers, -hendrik
