Watch JavaFX SDK Run---On Linux Sun released the JavaFX Preview five days ago. One of the key deliverables of this technology preview release is the JavaFX Preview SDK (the other three being a NetBeans bundle, Project Niles, and JRE 6u10).
The preview release is met with general en...
Let 6u10 Be Java 7
Eric Burke: Based on the number of features and time to market, JDK 1.6u10 should just be called Java 7, and make the features java.* or javax.* pkgs.
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Saturday Java Quiz: Know Your javac Command Yesterday at lunch, I asked Charles: "It's Friday today, isn't it?" Charles said back: "That's sad."
Sadder still, even after the Friday-ness was confirmed, it didn't occur to me that I have been negligent of my Friday Java Quiz duties for two weeks ...
Re: Watch JavaFX SDK Run---On Linux You can also download the nightly build nbms from hudson, and use those.
Window transparency is in 1.6u10.
Re: Watch JavaFX SDK Run---On Linux I haven't tried any specific examples with transparency with the Mac OSX SDK. But with the technology-preview-1 branch, alpha-channel animation does work.
The only thing I noticed that's different is with the animating square example by Joshua Marina...