JavaDesktop FeaturesItems from java.net's JavaDesktop Community homepage.Cafe au Lait: Sun has posted an early access release of the consumer JRE for Windows promised at JavaOne.- October 10, 2007 Sun has posted an early access release of the consumer JRE for Windows promised at JavaOne. This early access release includes the Java QuickStarter, deployment toolkit, Nimbus look and feel, and hardware acceleration for graphics. The missing piece is the Java kernel.http://www.cafeaulait.org/#October_4_2007_24576 Bruno Lowagie has released iText 2.0.6, an open source Java library for creating documents in PDF, XML, HTML, and RTF.- October 10, 2007 Bruno Lowagie has released iText 2.0.6, an open source Java library for creating documents in PDF, XML, HTML, and RTF. It can also convert XML documents into any of these formats. This release adds support for JPEG2000 and fixes bugs. iText is published under the Mozilla Public License.http://www.cafeaulait.org/#October_7_2007_68478 Alexander Schunk: Java 6: Update N Nice but- October 9, 2007 I have tried the Update N of Java 6 today and rated it with 2. 2 because i was not able to get the Nimbus look and feel running on my Win XP machinehttp://weblogs.java.net/blog/alexanderschunk/archive/2007/10/java_6_update_n.html Alexander Potochkin: Why I don't use Swing hacks (continuation)- October 9, 2007 Overview of hacks in validation overlays implementationshttp://weblogs.java.net/blog/alexfromsun/archive/2007/10/why_i_dont_use.html Teppefall Labs: SVG and Darkstar FX- October 9, 2007 I have been playing a little with Kirill's SVG to Java transcoder and then manually converting the Java code into Javascript based Darkstar FX renderer's. Very tedious, but good fun nevertheless. I had less success with the SVG to JavaFX...http://labs.teppefall.com/2007/10/svg_and_darkstar_fx.html Kirill Grouchnikov: Rainbow 1.1 - SVG browser for remote SVN repositories- October 8, 2007 The new version of Rainbow SVG browser is available. Now you can browse remote SVN repositories with regular and compressed SVG content.http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kirillcool/archive/2007/10/rainbow_11_svg.html Kirill Grouchnikov: Rainbow 1.1 - SVG browser for remote SVN repositories- October 8, 2007 Those of you who came to the session (PDF link) that Alex and I have presented at JavaOne 2006 saw the application that we wrote to illustrate different animation, translucency and transition techniques. The project itself was named Rainbow and all the bits were made available immediately after the session. Unlike many other demo applications ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=153 Geertjan: Marilyn in a J2SE TreeTableView- October 8, 2007 At the end of yesterday's blog entry, hilz asked about multiple nodes in a TreeTableView...http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan/entry/marilyn_in_a_j2se_treetableview Juan Carlos Herrera: World's Smallest Duke- October 8, 2007 A collection piece for Java Geeks!http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jcherreram/archive/2007/10/worlds_smallest.html Kirill Grouchnikov: Swing links of the week: October 7, 2007- October 7, 2007 Here are some Swing links that you might have missed during this week: &8220;Fling Scroller&8221; article on java.net by Jan Haderka. Shows how easy it is to implement motion-based scrolling in lists with Timing Framework and a little bit of math. The comments show a similar approach that works on any scroll pane. The new Expression Layout ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=152 |