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Sun to Amp Java for Desktop Performance?

Posted by chrisd on from the slow-sometimes dept.

mactari writes "Java client application developers should take a look at Sun's J2SE Client Developer Survey. Swing's relative slowness has always made a Java app with a GUI look and feel slow, and Sun might finally be doing something about it. Questions on the survey suggest Sun is considering moving away from a crossplatform look and feel (eg, Metal) towards native looks by default. If Sun is going to follow the suit played by IBM's native widget toolkit, SWT, or do things on individual platforms like Apple has done with its hardware accelerated version of Aqua-Swing, Java might finally find its way to becoming a competitor on the desktop."

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  1. Re:I've got something for Sun to Amp... by Synic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that is totally uncalled for...