Simon Brocklehurst wrote: > On Nov 30, 1:27 am, Josh McDonald <j...@joshmcdonald.info> wrote >> 2) Stop with the applet. Seriously. The browser plugin war is over, Adobe >> won. Years ago. And before Java 7 is ready and modularised, Google will have >> gotten V8 and (Canvas||a replacement for Canvas) up to par. It's just more >> important to them than Java 7 and FX are to Sun (which is not how it should >> be IMO), they have more money, and they've built a nest of hackers where >> even @dhanji isn't (always) the smartest guy in the room. The JVM is >> *awesome*, but Tamarin is good enough for the browser. >> > That's an interesting suggestion. You might be right that this war is > already lost. Personally, I hope not - I think JavaScript is a poor > choice of language for building sophisticated browser-based > applications. *If* it is lost, though, the consequences are serious, > because it will restrict every non-browser RIA platform to a pretty > small niche. That's because close to 100% of people have already > decided they want 80% of the computer systems they access via a > desktop computer to run inside a browser, > Agreed.
It could well be that the sweet spot for JavaFX is outside the browser, but if the inside the browser angle is not solidly covered, then I think JavaFX will be relegated to a small niche which will shrink over time. -- Jess Holle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
