Re: Cocoa classes -> Java?
Re: Cocoa classes -> Java?
- Subject: Re: Cocoa classes -> Java?
- From: Thomas Davie <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:14:49 +0000
On 14 Jan 2008, at 16:29, Patrick M wrote:
I am researching using Java to write an application that will run on a
variety of platforms including Mac OS X and various Unix/Linux
configurations.
My question is:
Is there a way to create a system menu item (NSStatusItem),
preference pane
and contextual menu using Java instead of Cocoa for Mac OS X?
I cannot seem to find anything, and Java being interpreted seems to
imply
that placing some kind of Java class in the /Library/PreferencesPane
directory wont work.
Anyone had any luck? Is it documented as possible/not possible
A slightly unrelated comment. Mac users are often very particular
about their UIs, and creating cross platform programs inevitably
creates inconsistencies in the way the UI works, and the way the
platform expects it to work. Think carefully about whether you really
want a cross platform app in it's truest sense, because often you will
get 0 OS X customers if you don't do a real port.
Bob
p.s. There are many qualifications that need to be applied to this
very general comment, for example, scientific apps usually have users
that don't care what it looks/feels like, but just care about the
feature set.
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