OFF-TOPIC 100%java GUI = useful?

Thu Aug 26 11:01:00 GMT 1999

> In some spare time, I put together a Windowing Toolkit in 100% java --
> it talks X11-protocol over TCP to an Xserver (no awt; no native code). It is
> also single-threaded, and has a 100% java un-gif-er. It compiles (from .class) and seems to run
> under gcj2.95 (even with threads=none).
> ...
> -Steve Ashe

You folks are great. I got responses from men and women all over the world.
If I could summarize what I heard, it was: "the AWT may be a horrible
interface, but its _the_ interface, and no matter how good an alternative
might be, if its not AWT, its not useful."
Thanks to everyone who replied.
-Steve Ashe
ashe@qms.com
[Now, if I might put up a corollary to the gcj folks-- "JNI may be a horrible
interface, but its _the_ interface..." But I suppose you all know that.]