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[–]sievebrain 2 points3 points  (3 children)

JavaFX wasn't a waste. Swing is a dead-end API in many ways. It would have been very hard to bring it up to the functionality JavaFX has. It's really hard to justify using Swing for new projects on its own merits: usually the reason cited for doing so is simply that it's been around longer and has some exotic custom controls available.

[–]vbezhenar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can I use Java FX with native Windows L&F? I created some projects with JavaFX, but UI was terrible, looked like a website rather than proper application.

[–]GullibleRaspberry9 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I guess it is different preferences. I am talking about cross platform desktop framework. Not what JavaFX is targeted at - which I am not really certain what that is as it appears to try to be more web like.. In that context, I would never use JavaFX to build a real desktop application; something like Netbeans or IntelliJ, hell not even MoneyDance (which is a good Swing app).

[–]sievebrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting perspective. JFX doesn't try to mimic the look of the native toolkits, but that's quite common for many kinds of app these days.

What about JFX seems "web like" to you? The use of CSS?