Wont this browser be useable for AmigaOS?

[bhoggett]

@Ilwrath

Well, there is Kaffe....

Urgh!

It won't run on Kaffe, nor will the majority of other Java desktop applications.  Most need J2RE, and this is not available for AmigaOS or MorphOS, or even AmigaDE. I'm not aware of any confirmed plans to have Java ported to any of the Amiga operating systems in the future either.

[bhoggett]

Genesi are supposed to have Allan Havemose (yay!) working on a Java engine for MorphOS

Yes, I'd forgotten about that. Still, we've had "Java for Amiga" projects started before, and they didn't get anywhere. While Dr. Havemose should have a better chance of coming up with results than most, I'd say "don't count your chickens...".

[bhoggett]

When the Virtual Processor gets ported to AmigaOS along with Java Foundation Classes then Java apps will fly!

*sigh*

"The mouth's open, the lips move, but Mr. Brain has long since departed..." - Lord Edmund Blackadder

Since Personal Java isn't capable of running the vast majority of Java applications - certainly not desktop applications - the fact that the limited number of Java programs that work with it will "fly" is kind of pointless. It's about as relevant as saying "we have Kaffe..." .

If you want to take advantage of Java applications, you need to get J2SE ported. Kaffe and Personal Java just don't cut it.

[bhoggett]

@tonyw

As someone said, Kaffe is compatible with Java 1.4 (I think) in most respects.

Well, the download editions of Mandrake Linux come with Kaffe, and there no chance of running any full scale Java applications on that until you download and install the full J2SE from Sun.

As for AWT...    :lol:  :lol: