By icewalker2g
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Published: Feb 04 2010 / 12:14
I’ve been a serious Opera user since the first version of the Opera 9 series, and I’m currently running Opera 10.5 pre-alpha. It is a great product and it indeed does make web development fun. I do almost all my web development in Opera and only test in other browsers when I need to. However, I’ve been meaning to try out JavaFX for a while now, but I’ve not made the switch to it yet, simply because Opera does not support the new Java Plugin 2 which is required for running JavaFX applets. JavaFX has been around for at least a year now, and I’ve not found a tangible reason why it should/does not work in Opera.
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RawThinkTank replied ago:
just create a java based firefox, get help from Azureus makers.
MCII replied ago:
Java, the 900 pound gorilla, doesn't fit into the browser.
icewalker2g replied ago:
@RawThinkTank: never heard of that project, but I will certainly take a look.
@MCII: Java is no gorilla, and it certainly fits into the browser, just that some of its monkey friends have not been given the proper invitation to the party. And for that, I blame both the creator of the gorilla and the party organisers.
tdv replied ago:
The article description is misleading: JavaFX doesn't require plugin2 (it works on Mac where there isn't a plugin2, or on windows with pre-6u10 jres). The only reason JavaFX doesn't work with Opera is their current implementation of java plugin.
icewalker2g replied ago:
The original article title and content have been updated to correct the information about Opera's Java plugin implementation. The DZone article title, however, cannot be updated.
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