Java applets —
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]