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Web Browser Components for Java?
coonsta queries: "Being able to embed a Web browser is critical to the success of a platform (and the browser). High Stakes, No Prisoners argues this quite eloquently. Windows has an embeddable IE (and Mozilla to boot); Linux has Mozilla; wxWindows has wxHTML; etc. But what does Java have? I can forsake cross-platform support and embed IE, but that won't interact well with Swing; I can embed Mozilla, if Webclient is ever released in a usable form (and what about OS X?); I can use a JTextPane, and forget about nice-looking pages or script; I can Runtime.exec the browser and forget about being able to control it or interact with it; I can use CalPane and forget about JavaScript; or I can buy a component from Company X-dot-com, and subsequently price the software out of the market.
Do any developers know if I can have my cake and eat it to? That is, does anybody know of a cheap, cross-platform Web browser component for Java with a reasonably modern feature set?"
You could use Sun's BasicHTML or IceSoft or many others...
I do everything the voices in my head tell me to...
I just downloaded Clue from you link above, and now I'm posting this comment using Clue. The rendering actually looks pretty good, although there aren't a whole lot of functions on the menu bar.
I think this page qualifies the Clue Browser as another Company X-dot-com product. If you're willing to go that route, then you can't ignore Espial's escape browser either...