JavaFX features in JDK 9

[Jack Moxley]

That should of read 'set its aspirations higher'

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> On 30 Jun 2015, at 12:13, Jack Moxley <jack at moxley.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Maybe it should its aspirations a little higher, especially with the advent of unity, webgl or even scenegraph impls such as jmonkeyengine that do.
> 
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>> On 30 Jun 2015, at 09:42, Felix Bembrick <felix.bembrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> <cough>JavaFX has *never* claimed to be write once, run anyway</cough>
>> 
>> 
>>> On 30 Jun 2015, at 18:13, Mike <mikegps1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> <cough>write once, run anywhere</cough>
>>> 
>>> This about sums it up!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:12 AM, Jack Moxley <jack at moxley.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> <cough>write once, run anywhere</cough>
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>>> On 29 Jun 2015, at 21:45, Michał Zegan <webczat_200 at poczta.onet.pl>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
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>>>>> Does it mean platform support for linux won't be implemented now, or
>>>>> at all?
>>>>> I usually use windows, but still depend on that support because I
>>>>> sometimes use linux, so I am interested about that.
>>>>> 
>>>>> W dniu 2015-06-29 o 22:40, Kevin Rushforth pisze:
>>>>>> There is public API in 8u40 to support accessibility. Applications
>>>>>> using standard JavaFX controls can, for example, use the
>>>>>> accessibleText property to define the text that the screen reader
>>>>>> will speak or the accessibleHelp property to provide a more
>>>>>> detailed description. These properties have reasonable defaults,
>>>>>> but can be overridden by applications. Additionally, if you use the
>>>>>> "labelFor" property to point to a Control that the Label is
>>>>>> associated with, the accessibility framework will use that when the
>>>>>> screen reader is active.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Custom controls can override the queryAccessibleAttribute,
>>>>>> executeAccessibleAction, and notifyAccessibleAttributeChanged
>>>>>> methods.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> As for platform support, we currently support Windows and Mac
>>>>>> platforms. We have no plan to make FX accessible on Linux .
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- Kevin
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Michał Zegan wrote: I saw it, and it seems promising, but: first,
>>>>>> there is probably, or I heard it wrong? no public api for making
>>>>>> accessibility related stuff... Also, I believe there is no linux
>>>>>> accessibility bridge as opposed to windows and mac. And I do not
>>>>>> know if I am wrong, or when this is going to be implemented.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> W dniu 2015-06-29 o 20:30, Kevin Rushforth pisze:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> JavaFX accessibility is already implemented and was delivered
>>>>>>>>> in JDK 8u40.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -- Kevin
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Michał Zegan wrote: What about accessibility work? Work on it
>>>>>>>>> has been started, but not sure if it is still targetted for
>>>>>>>>> 9.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> W dniu 2015-06-27 o 20:16, Mike pisze:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> a lot of FULL blown Webrtc support and building
>>>>>>>>>>>> something in Javafx (like Scene Builder) that Proves
>>>>>>>>>>>> Webrtc support would be awesome. Ditto to Webgl
>>>>>>>>>>>> support.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Kevin Rushforth
>>>>>>>>>>>> <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Felix,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry for the delay. Most of us were still pretty
>>>>>>>>>>>>> focused on 8u60, but we are turning our attention to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> JDK 9 now.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The focus for JDK 9 is Jigsaw. The currently planned
>>>>>>>>>>>>> big features (JEPs) for FX in JDK 9 are these:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> JEP 253: Prepare JavaFX UI Controls & CSS APIs for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Modularization JEP 257: Update JavaFX/Media to Newer
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Version of GStreamer
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Related to Jigasw, we intend to look into new API for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> heavily used internal methods / classes since they
>>>>>>>>>>>>> will no longer be accessible otherwise. We also plan
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to update WebKit at least one more time, and will
>>>>>>>>>>>>> likely do a few RFEs such as better Hi-DPI support
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (with API control) on Mac, Windows, Linux.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> We don't currently plan any other big features for 9,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> but will consider additional RFEs if they are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> important to enough developers and if they fit into
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the time frame.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Kevin
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Felix Bembrick wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anyone got anything or is there a link somewhere
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that talks about these?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 15 June 2015 at 22:00, Felix Bembrick
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <felix.bembrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I realise we are a long way off JDK 9 still and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with crucial features such as Jigsaw still a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> little up in the air but is it possible someone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could itemise the most likely new features,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enhancements and bug fixes that we will see in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JavaFX when JDK 9 is released?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of course it's purely speculation at this point
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but it would assist me greatly to have some of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> idea of where JavaFX is heading and which areas
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are seen as most important.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Felix
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