by Stephanie McLoughlin

Test Center Tracker: Pondering UIs and mobile Java

analysis
May 9, 20072 mins

More from JavaOne: Martin Heller is wondering if the new JavaFX platform is related to the old Java ME, "which was going to extend the Java platform down to PDAs and cell phones." Is there anything new in the JavaFX announcement? Post your own thoughts on the Strategic Developer blog. For more JavaOne news, check out our special report with the latest announcements and analysis. Everything old is new again: Text

More from JavaOne: Martin Heller is wondering if the new JavaFX platform is related to the old Java ME, “which was going to extend the Java platform down to PDAs and cell phones.” Is there anything new in the JavaFX announcement? Post your own thoughts on the Strategic Developer blog. For more JavaOne news, check out our special report with the latest announcements and analysis.

Everything old is new again: Text-based UIs as the next big thing? “But those are so old-fashioned!” you might cry. Tom Yager disagrees, especially with the greater push for mobile access to systems and software. Read the latest Ahead of the Curve posting and find out why Tom things getting back to text is a good thing.

There and back again: Longhorn loomed in the distance for many moons, but now it’s almost within sight. Beta 3 is out, but Oliver Rist knows that this is just the beginning of a long, long journey. Like a certain little hobbit, Oliver’s on his way, bearing the heavy burden of installation workarounds and Vista-Longhorn code base differences so he can give you all the lowdown on Longhorn’s details. Is it weird that he’s starting to call the beta disks his “precious”?