From: zdennis <zdennis@...>
Date: 2006-04-06T03:43:47+09:00
Subject: Re: is GUI a weak point?

Chris Alfeld wrote:

[snip]
> 
> 3. Pick whichever of the alternatives (see the rest of the thread) you
> think will suceed in the future and hope you're right.  There is a
> definite need for a crossplatform GUI toolkit; Tk is no longer
> fulfilling that need, Java never did, 

I love ruby, but I also utilize Java for thick client applications. It's
cross platform GUI capabilities have allowed our developers to develop
on multiple OSes. It has worked great for our client applications which
involve alot of 2D rendering. So what do you mean, "java" never
fulfilled the need? For RTS or heavy 3D I can agree with you it's not
the best, but for most business applications it's crossplatform GUI is
pretty good.

I am not looking to start flamewar on java. I just don't think java is
bad in all aspects, and it's crossplatform GUI toolkit (yes even swing)
is not so bad.

Zach