most important features of 1.6

[IchBin]

even more bugs , that will be left unfixed than previous versions.

Steve

Maybe some of these features in Mustang:

- The New Desktop Java Features
- The New Modality API
- First Class Drag and Drop Support
- New Splash Screens
- New System Tray Functionality
- New Compile programmatically with the JSR-199 Compiler API



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[Roedy Green]

- The New Desktop Java Features

what do you include in that?

 

[jlowery05]

The enhancements look unimpressive relative to what happened between
1.4 and 1.5. Maybe I'm just jaded.

 

[opalpa]

The enhancements look unimpressive relative to what

happened between 1.4 and 1.5. Maybe I'm just jaded.

Java 5.0 introduced many things, you are right. The feature of 6.0 is
stability and consistancy. The major focus appears to be eliminating
GUI differences across platforms, making sure example sources are
highest quality and Swing thread correct.

Opalinski
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http://www.geocities.com/opalpaweb/

 

[IchBin]

what do you include in that?

-Improve Windows Look and Feel
-Improve GTK Look and Feel
-New Examples
-Layout Enhancements
-Improve Swing's drag-and-drop support
-Provide true double buffering
-JTable sorting and filtering
-SwingWorker
-Text printing
-Ability to use arbitrary components as the tabs of a JTabbedPane
-Single-Threaded Rendering (STR)
-More and better graphics hardware acceleration on Windows
-Improved text quality and capabilities
* Enable additional text antialiasing modes
* Fix rasterization
* Respect desktop text antialiasing settings
-Curved primitive rasterization
-Locale-Sensitive Services SPI
-ResourceBundle enhancements
-Normalizer API
-Japanese calendar support
-New modality modes
-Pop-up splash screen at beginning of Java startup
-API to add a Java application to a system's app-launching panel/toolbar
-Input in non-English locales
-Helper Browser Controls on Windows
* Detect JRE versions installed on the system.
* Install JRE from a specified location.
* Launch JNLP application from a specified location.
- Improve desktop integration in Java Web Start software
* Support .ico files for desktop shortcut.
* Support .png files for desktop shortcut.
* Improve shortcut and submenu items creation on GNOME.
* Improve "Add/Remove Programs" integration on Windows.
-Improve security in Java Plug-in and Java Web Start software
-Improve user experience in Java Plug-in and Java Web Start software
* Simplify download experience for Java applets and JNLP applications.
* Improve usability in many UI dialogs, especially the security
warning for signed applets and signed applications.
-Unified download engine for Java Plug-in and Java Web Start software
* JAR indexing (new in Java Web Start)
* Cache size control and cache cleanup policy (new in Java Web Start)
* JNLP versioning protocol and JARDiff support (new in Java Plug-in)
* HTTP compression and HTTP cache control support
* Multi-filetype caching support
* Offline support
* Flexible update policy (for Java Web Start only)
* Improved cache import tool (mainly for CD install)
* Improved cache management tool
* ... and more
-Mozilla Firefox browser support
-Improve user experience in JRE/JDK installer
-Default Java on Linux


http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2SE/Desktop/mustang/#Swing

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IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA
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'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"'
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