Apple Updates to Java 1.4.1 148
A user writes, "Apple has caught up with the times and updated their Java to 1.4.1, bringing it completely up to date with the newest release from Sun. It now takes advantage of Aqua and Quartz Extreme, is usable via Universal Access, and can be controlled through AppleScript." It provides 1149 new classes over 1.3.1, a new native I/O API, updated XML tools (SAX 1.0/2.0, DOM 1.0/2.0, XSLT), I18N and L10N enhancements for Unicode 3.0, regexes, IPv6, faster loading of applets, improved caching, storing of certs in the Keychain, faster UI, more Aqua-like UI ... and native Java applet support for Safari.
Re:Documentation/Changelog/New futures (Score:4, Insightful)
Read the announcement carefully.
If you were a user of MacOS X, you would understand what a second-class citizen this has been in terms of Java. Native GUI support (Cocoa, Quartz) was non-existant. Java ran great - with CLI! This was a REAL shortcoming for users, untill now.
With a fully accelerated GUI and enterprise security features, OS X cannot be summarily dismissed as a client OS by business, at least not on the JVM features.
Refreshing . . . (Score:5, Insightful)
The difference? In Windows land an update meant, "Fuck, what 'security patch' is ready to be downloaded now? This is so annoying." In OS X, when software update pops up I'm generally wondering what new improvements there are to things overall, and happy about it.
Re:Arrrg ( ... the price we pay) (Score:5, Insightful)
I first thought of this but realised the following:
I don't think it is a bad price to pay considering the performance of JAVA applications on OSX ... but your right it was annoying, I hate losing my uptime on the powerbook :)