JavaDesktop FeaturesItems from java.net's JavaDesktop Community homepage.Alexander Potochkin: JXLayer 3.0 - MouseScrollableUI- June 27, 2008 Implementing the auto-scrolling feature with JXLayerhttp://weblogs.java.net/blog/alexfromsun/archive/2008/06/jxlayer_30_mous.html Red Hat's IcedTea open source JVM has passed the Java Compatibility Kit tests.- June 27, 2008 Red Hat's IcedTea open source JVM has passed the Java Compatibility Kit tests. Thus on paper we now have a fully open source Java virtual machine. Now the work starts to begin noticing and reporting areas where the Sun VM and the Red hat VM diverge in significant ways, and thus indicate bugs in the specifications and compatibility kit. Nonetheless this is a major milestone.http://www.cafeaulait.org/#June_27_2008_19628 Java Posse 194 - Newscast for June 26th 2008- June 26, 2008 Newscast for June 26th 2008Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http:javaposse.com Eclipse 3.4 - Ganymede - has been releasedhttp:www.eclipse.orgorgpress-release 20080625_ganymede.phphttp:eclipse.dzone.comarticles eclipse-34-hidden-http://javaposse.com/index.php?post_id=353281 On the evolution of the Java plugin- June 26, 2008 Ted Neward on the demise of Java applets is an interesting look back in history (interview on the Sparkling Client podcast). The Java Applet was the first of the RIA platforms, long before Flash became the king of RIA, long...http://weblogs.java.net/blog/robogeek/archive/2008/06/on_the_evolutio.html Enhancing the Flamingo command button component- June 25, 2008 Over the course of the past few weeks the command button component in Flamingo component suite has been enhanced following the feedback from the project users. There is nothing better than getting the feedback from real-world use, and it is much appreciated on my side. Many thanks go to Kenneth Flynn and Christian Hebert for ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=354 Article reprint in JavaWorld- June 24, 2008 My &8220;party of one&8221; series of articles about one-man open source projects has been reprinted in an abridged form over at JavaWorld.com. Those of you who missed it the first time can either read the shorter version linked above or spend more time on the full series: Introduction to one-man open source projects Development and staying passionate Maintenance ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=352 Substance Extras pack - part II- June 24, 2008 The new Extras pack for Substance look-and-feel provides additional settings on top of the functionality available in the core library. The previous entry showed screenshots of color schemes, watermarks and skins from the Extras pack, and this entry will talk about button shapers, mixed color scheme and mixed gradient painters. Additional button shapers can be found ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=353 Swing links of the week: June 22, 2008- June 23, 2008 Here are some Swing links that you might have missed during this week: Jacek Furmankiewicz has announced the first beta release 0.1 of his SwingBuilder project. It provide support for data binding with Beans Binding, layout management with MigLayout, validation with Apache Commons Validator, long running tasks with SwingWorker and has integration libraries for JIDE and ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=351 Substance Extras pack- June 21, 2008 As specified in the roadmap for version 5.0 of Substance look-and-feel, a number of the existing Substance plugins have been consolidated into the Extras pack. This pack contains additional color schemes, watermarks and skins, as well as a mixed color scheme and a mixed gradient painter. The documentation for the Extras pack contains the information ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=350 Java Posse 193 - Listener Feedback- June 20, 2008 Listener FeedbackFully formatted shownotes can always be found at http:javaposse.com Audio feedback sent in to the Java Posse feedback number: (408) 465 4626Other Java implementations than Sun's Java:IBM - http:www.ibm.comdeveloperworksjavajdhttp://javaposse.com/index.php?post_id=351422 |