AWT is somewhat dead, will JavaFX survive?

[Zsolt Kúti]

This made me curious and searched the net a bit.
This was the first I got (3 years old thread...), interesting reading.
https://www.reddit.com/r/java/comments/re4czb/what_is_your_take_on_the_current_state_of_javafx/

On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 6:31 PM Davide Perini <perini.davide at dpsoftware.org>
wrote:

> 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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