[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX in the wild?

2008-12-12 Thread Alan Kent
How about a mail client? Scroll bars, progressive downloading, sorting columns, popups. Shows a mix of forms, text input fields, plus animation to bring popups up etc. Ties into some of the other suggestions talking about "enterprise" like interfaces will scroll regions etc in front of a da

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX in the wild?

2008-12-12 Thread sherod
Yeah, I started that last sentence in one state of mind and finished it in another... I think Java library integration and threading maybe - are the big thing. On Dec 13, 1:44 am, Joe Data wrote: > Hi! > > On Dec 12, 5:22 am, sherod wrote: > > > I think that showing some deep integration with

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX in the wild?

2008-12-12 Thread Joe Data
Hi! On Dec 12, 5:22 am, sherod wrote: > I think that showing some deep integration with the rest of Java > ecosystem would probably show the kind of advantages JavaFX may have > over AIR (for example). > > I mean, examples of sending JMS messages, multi-database connectivity, > threading etc, Sw

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX in the wild?

2008-12-12 Thread sherod
I think that showing some deep integration with the rest of Java ecosystem would probably show the kind of advantages JavaFX may have over AIR (for example). I mean, examples of sending JMS messages, multi-database connectivity, threading etc, Swing, PDF viewer, JWebPanel would probably be good.

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX in the wild?

2008-12-12 Thread Vince O'Sullivan
On Dec 12, 9:08 am, Joshua Marinacci wrote: > This is a good time to ask. What kind of code / demos / samples would   > you like to see in the future? I'm currently planning our samples   > strategy going forward, so I'd love some feedback. The samples are very "flashy" with lots of gratuitous "

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX in the wild?

2008-12-12 Thread Joshua Marinacci
This is a good time to ask. What kind of code / demos / samples would you like to see in the future? I'm currently planning our samples strategy going forward, so I'd love some feedback. -j On Dec 12, 2008, at 5:57 AM, Josh Juneau wrote: > > I thought that I had read or heard (maybe on a pod

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX in the wild?

2008-12-11 Thread Josh Juneau
I thought that I had read or heard (maybe on a podcast) about someone creating a Twitter client with JavaFX. I don't believe that I have found that specific code, but I have found a project called TweetBox. Downloaded and ran it...seems like it needs some work. http://code.google.com/p/tweetbox/

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX in the wild?

2008-12-11 Thread sherod
You've never seen my code *grin* On Dec 12, 9:24 am, "Mark Derricutt" wrote: > Can't get much worse than some of the Air clients out there I'm sure :) > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:21 AM, sherod wrote: > > > As I tweeted, I'm trying. > > > I can't promise 'decent' though :) > > -- > "It is eas

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX in the wild?

2008-12-11 Thread Mark Derricutt
Can't get much worse than some of the Air clients out there I'm sure :) On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:21 AM, sherod wrote: > > As I tweeted, I'm trying. > > I can't promise 'decent' though :) > > -- "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code." -- Bill Harlan --~--~-

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX in the wild?

2008-12-11 Thread sherod
As I tweeted, I'm trying. I can't promise 'decent' though :) On Dec 12, 7:44 am, "Mark Derricutt" wrote: > Has anyone seen any JavaFX apps in the wild yet?  I'm dying for a decent > Twitter client (esp. after twhirl's new update compains "this app requires a > version of air thats no longer ava