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New Desktop Features Of Next Java

Posted by Zonk on from the cuppa-joe dept.

bonch writes "Sun has posted the new desktop features of the next Java, codename Mustang. Improvements to Swing look and feel, OpenGL 2D renderer performance, AWT features such as the ability to add a tray/panel icon, and improved deployment capabilities."

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  1. It's worth noting... by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...that mustang is also the first Java version to be developed under an Open Source type model. The CVS is open to guests over on http://www.java.net, thus allowing for immediate feedback and bugfixes. It has been a real boon for the gaming community, as they've been able to direct several key performance features.

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  2. SubPixel Rendering by aCapitalist · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It looks like they've finally addressed this issue, but I think Sun is a little late.

    Personally, I can deal with non-native look-n-feel, but when the fonts look like something circa 1988 on an Amiga, how can anyone take Swing seriously.

    I never understood why they couldn't use platform specific code for fonts, and if not possible then go into fallback mode and paint everything themselves.

    Swing has been a disaster. I believe it was the OTI guys (who now work on Eclipse and SWT) that told Sun not to go the route of "give me a handle to a brush and we'll paint everything ourselves", but some other group won that debate.

    And thank god for .NET/Mono being around to give Sun a little kick in the rear to get moving on things.

  3. Re:JAVA - the little train that could by hanshotfirst · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And how long did it take BASIC to get this?
    When is it coming out for FORTRAN and COBOL?
    10 years is still young as far as languages go.

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  4. Seems like they are really improving things by FedeTXF · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I use many java desktop apps in my day to day tasks on my linux desktop. There is no better way to connect to multiple databases than Squirrel , No better way to code in Java than NetBeans and no better editor than JEdit

    I think Java 5 already has great desktop features like shared class data, and 2D acceleration for 2D acelerated hardware (which I don't have yet!).

  5. I knock my pipes out writing SwingWT... by bobintetley · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...and nobody bloody cares or remembers.

    SwingWT is a FREE implementation of the Swing APIs on top of SWT so you get all the juicy nativeness of SWT and all of the nice APIness of Swing.