OK, I admit, I was wrong! Oracle are going to put their weight behind JavaFX and take the fight to Adobe and I’m glad they are because I think it is a superior technology.

I’m also really pleased with what they have included in V1.2, primarily:

• Proper UI components such as buttons and sliders and text boxes
• Cross platform support that includes Linux and Solaris (Microsoft might get away with support Windows and Mac OS X and calling it cross platform but Sun can’t!)
• Better startup and runtime performance

This is what the 1.0 release should have included but better late than never.