JavaOne Keynote - JavaFX To Run Consistently On Billions Of Devices

Rich Green, EVP Software at Sun, kicked off the 2008 JavaOne with a keynote presentation today.  He began by saying there were going to be some surprises.  He wasn’t wrong; although, having said that, almost all of what he talked about is still being built.  Mostly, nothing is shipping yet and so all we got […]

Sun - Please Stop Showing The Java System Tray Icon

Java 6 Update N aka “Consumer Java” is approaching release.  It’s looking insanely great.  Really. However, there are a few small, but important details that would improve the user experience if they were fixed/changed.   Here’s one request, relating to the Java icon in the system tray.
Currently, when Consumer Java starts running in a web browser […]

Silverlight 2 and Flash In RIA News

The world of the Rich Internet Application (RIA) just took a couple of fascinating turns.   Silverlight version 2 is now out in beta; and it looks… well it looks TOTALLY AMAZING.  It can be programmed using serious, elegant, programming languages; it has great tool support; and a version of Silverlight is coming to mobile phones […]

Prediction for 2008 - The Return Of The Java Applet

It’s a bit early in the year to be making the traditional predictions for the coming year. However, I thought this one was worth making now: I think that 2008 may be the year when we see the return of the Java applet running in the web browser.
Why? The number one reason is […]

What Is JavaFX? Here’s The Answer

Sun just announced JavaFX? What is it? Here’s the short answer:

JavaFX Script - the heart of JavaFX. A new scripting language that makes it easy to code sophisticated, dynamic, animated user interfaces. JavaFX Script runs on top of Java SE - think of it as making Swing and Java2D easier […]

Top 5 Reasons Why Java Applets Failed

As the hype around Silverlight subsides, people are beginning to realise that Silverlight is - at its core - a copy of the idea of Java applets. Quite why people didn’t see this right away is a bit of a mystery to me; but they seem to be getting it now…. which makes it […]