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Replying to @phaus
@phaus Have you heard anything good about JavaFX? I haven't.
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@h_schreiber not really did a lot with javaFX, so i have no clue how good/bad it is. But the Graphics Performance is impressive though.
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@phaus Well, think about what platform(s) you want to deploy to and how much pain you can deal with.
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@h_schreiber i guess at least Mac OS and Windows. Maybe some Status tool for Twitter/ADN/Xing/Linkedin … don't know :-)
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@phaus @h_schreiber I'd be way too afraid of Oracle sticking with it to invest in JavaFX.
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@stilkov @h_schreiber Of course it is somehow proprietary like QT. But since Swing has no UI accel. at all, i at least would give it a try.
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@phaus @stilkov If you have an app that does not have to look like it's native, sure, try JavaFX, but I'm skeptical.
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@h_schreiber @stilkov one bad thing with javaFX Apps is, that they tend to be > 100MB if you want to also ship the JRE with them :/.
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@phaus @stilkov Yep. And it's not a matter of *want*. You *must*. There is no way around it.
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@h_schreiber @stilkov if you believe this guy: blog.backblaze.com/2008/12/1… you should/can do it all by hand/in C++ :-).
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Replying to @phaus
@phaus I'm with @h_schreiber: I think native is the way to go (if the Web isn't good enough). All cross-platforms options suck, always have.

Apr 23, 2013 · 11:04 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov @h_schreiber Developing Web Apps for a different range of mobile devices ( esp. Android brands) also sucks in a certain way.
Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov @h_schreiber if you main focus is not UI (or specific views like OpenGL), i guess cross-platform might help by some tasks.