AWT is somewhat dead, will JavaFX survive?

Davide Perini perini.davide at dpsoftware.org
Sat Sep 28 15:16:28 UTC 2024


no answers, means a lot...

On 26/09/2024 17:44, Davide Perini wrote:
> As title.
> AWT is too old to withstand the future and probably it's too old to 
> withstand the present.
>
> AWT is falling apart with old APIs breaking as operating systems move on.
>
> Even very important features like tray icons and notifications are 
> broken.
> Something is broken in Windows, something in Linux, something on macOS.
>
> Current notification APIs is old and is somewhat broken in Windows 
> with notification that doesn't stick in the notification center.
>
> SystemTray on Linux is completely broken because it still uses the 
> ancient xembeds instead of the newer SNI.
>
> I love JavaFX but will JavaFX survive the fact that AWS is abandoned 
> and that it is falling apart?
>
> Is there something moving to renew AWT or it's just kicking a dead horse?
>
> Thanks
> Davide



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