On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Monday, April 30, 2012 8:17:03 PM UTC+2, phil swenson wrote: >> >> java apps can feel snappy sometimes. but often the first time you hit >> a menu item it takes forever to come up. Or if you leave an app >> running, leave for another task and come bask - it takes quite a while >> to become responsive again. also, garbage collection pauses are >> annoying. >> > > I don't think it's the GC, but Swing is just horribly over-engineered. The > most successful Java desktop applications (if we can call these > Agreed. I think overall, it's easier to create a reasonably responsive SWT application while doing so in Swing requires a lot of time and expertise. There are very, very few companies that can pull this off besides JetBrains. -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@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.
