Bloom 1.2 has been released. It brings new Look And Feel improvements, authenticated Proxy server support, fixes important bugs and adds french support. Bloom 1.1 brought a new filmstrip view, the possibility to view your friends photos and great performance improvements.
Get it from http://antaki.ca/bloom/
Webstart: for Mac and Linux
The Swing Application Framework that will be part of Java 7 makes developing Java Swing applications easier and helps in avoiding writing boilerplate code such as saving an application Window dimensions, locations, it provides a structured approach to developing Swing application which was lacking apart from the Netbeans platform which has a steep learning curve. For the time being there’s not as much documentation as someone would like to have but it should be straightforward because the framework is small. Coupled with JGoodies FormLayout it’s the best way to create small to midsize Swing applications.
Sun announced yesterday that they are building JavaFX their next generation scripting technology which is their answer to Adobe’s Apollo and Microsoft’s Silverlight technology. The beauty of JavaFX is that it’s going to run on Desktops, cell phones, Blue Ray players and other devices.
JavaFX is going to bring Java2D and Swing to the masses.
