It's not really the point of discussion, but Iwould say for the usual reason -- choice is better than no choice.
The main question is however performance of Java on Windows with the JAB and JAWS, and particular combinations of API usage resulting in either very slow programs and / or very inaccessible programs.
On 11/19/2010 7:46 AM, Ken Perry wrote:
Hmm I guess my answer is why the heck wouldn't you want to be limited to swt for your gui? Ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kerneels Roos Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 1:34 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Java Performance - Significant Delay on all Other Apps While Running Java Program Hi List, Apart from Open Office andEclipse and NetBeans there ar not many Java apps on my system these days, so I'm seeking advice from anyone of you out there who uses Java applications a bit more, especially with the JAB and JAWS When I run this Java time tracking program called Rachota: http://rachota.sourceforge.net/en/index.html it seems like my system is just a bit slower. This is especially noticeable from a slight delay in JAWS speaking. Could this be due to the JAB or is it most likely just a resource intensive piece of code in Rachota itself? I haven't experienced this while using Open Office for example, but then again Iuse NVDA when working in OO. Other things Ithought it might be is the GUI toolkit used to create Rachota, which Idon't think is SWT but it's also not totally Swing because it is fairly accessible with JAWS and even more so with NVDA. I want to do a bit of Java development, but if my apps will also result in such a delay it won't be worth while, and I don't want to be limited to SWT only. I assume the issue I'm experiencing is accessibility related else other people would have made a noise about it already. Is there a way to turn the JAB off temporarily? And on another note, could anyone recommend a good free time tracking application? Lot's of questions, but this is such a friendly and helpful list is it not? Ha ha, sometimes I suppose! Regards p.s. I can remember way back wehn Java was the hottest thing around, performance was a real issue and everyone who was able to code C++ used to shoot Java down. Then, afew years later with faster CPU's and hot spot and jit compilers things started to change, but by that time MS was punting .Net and slowly but surely stole many Java enthusiastss hearts. In my opinion, Java was way ahead of it's time, but for a multitude of reasons didn't manage to maintain the lead and adjust to the times properly. Sad, since Ireally like Java.
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