Support for Apple Extensions

Fabrizio Giudici Fabrizio.Giudici at tidalwave.it
Fri Jul 5 09:08:05 PDT 2013


On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:48:53 +0200, Stephen Winnall <steve at winnall.ch>  
wrote:

> AquaFX looks interesting and may form the basis for a Mac look, but  
> there remains the question of the feel: shortcuts, menus, file system  
> conventions, interactions with the desktop ( just to mention a few off  
> the top of my head).
>
> If we're talking about standardising through common APIs, Java needs a  
> well-defined platform abstractionAPI  in my view, which takes account of  
> desktops in general (Mac, Windows, Linux) and mobiles too. It should be  
> less a question of what has to be done to keep the Mac freaks quiet and  
> more "what do platforms in general provide and how can we make it  
> available and useful?".

Agreed.

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Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect @ Tidalwave s.a.s.
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