http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/ en-us 2008-01-08T18:50:28-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2008/01/introducing_the.html An introduction to the new java.net SceneGraph project. hansmuller 2008-01-08T18:50:28-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2007/01/application_fra.html A prototype implementation of the fledgling Swing Application Framework (JSR-296) API is now available. hansmuller 2007-01-30T08:03:01-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2007/01/property_syntax.html I don't think the current proposal for a Java language property keyword serves Java Bean developers very well, since it doesn't support defining bound properties. I think the use-case that motivated the proposal would be better served by a new class level keyword, one whose origins are buried deep in Java's DNA. Community: JavaDesktop hansmuller 2007-01-10T05:57:04-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2006/12/javapolis_sessi.html This year I gave a session at Javapolis about the Swing Application Framework. Before it was all over, there was a surprise announcement. Community: JavaDesktop hansmuller 2006-12-17T16:34:10-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2006/10/dialog_diatribe.html A menu item whose action creates and shows a new dialog which is centered over (and owned by) the menu item's frame, should be a no-brainer. I found the some quirks in the process, they made me cranky, and so I wrote about it. Community: JavaDesktop hansmuller 2006-10-27T17:48:10-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2006/06/jsr_296_bows_sw.html On Tuesday May 15th the JCP Executive Committee approved JSR 296, "Swing Application Framework". I'm the spec lead for JSR 296 and this is the JCP equivalent of a birth announcement. A rather long and meandering birth announcement, with a web started demo at the end. hansmuller 2006-06-02T10:18:05-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2006/05/fire_marshall_e.html A raucous JavaOne Dukelele performance, led by Looking Glass creator Hideya Kawahara, was cut tragically short by law enforcement. Fortunately, you can see the entire event on YouTube.com! Community: JavaDesktop hansmuller 2006-05-19T18:52:57-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2006/03/multisplitpane.html An article I'd written earlier this year about a multiway split pane, is now available on java.net. Read the back story in this gripping new blog. hansmuller 2006-03-23T08:23:11-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2006/02/a_reusable_budd.html How to build a generic buddy list cell renderer. File under Advanced JList Hacking. Community: JavaDesktop hansmuller 2006-02-27T15:30:43-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2006/01/web_started_exa.html Wouldn't it be nice to be able to show a Java source file in NetBeans by clicking on a JNLP link in the browser? Now you can. Community: JavaDesktop hansmuller 2006-01-09T16:21:55-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2005/11/jframeadd_conte.html Early on in Swing's evolution we added a runtime exception that warned developers not to write JFrame.add(myComponent) and it has been raising hackles ever since. And it's my fault. Since Graham Hamilton covered my transgression in his My Favorite (Dead) Java Boilerplate blog, I thought I'd tell the complete story. Community: JavaDesktop hansmuller 2005-11-16T11:35:19-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2005/11/a_brief_report.html This blog is a first for me: it's brief. Yesterday Scott Violet, Josh Marianacci and I made some presentations at JavaOne Japan, and we promised to provide a few helpful URLs. I've put together a couple that cover the Extreme GUI talks with a short tangent about the perils of translation. Community: JavaDesktop hansmuller 2005-11-09T07:32:01-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2005/10/official_swing.html The most recent Evans Data Corporation developer survey had this to about Swing: "Java Swing with 47% use, has surpassed WinForms as the dominant GUI development toolkit". We are number one! Community: JavaDesktop hansmuller 2005-10-18T12:31:54-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2005/10/open_source_blu.html Here's a blog that purports to tie three themes together: music, the open source movement, and the effect of type parameters on the java.util classes. The fact that it achieves none of these things should not stop you from reading it. Community: JavaDesktop hansmuller 2005-10-05T13:23:28-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/hansmuller/archive/2005/08/using_swings_jf.html Recently, the javadesktop.org JDNC forum has hosted some spirited discussion about using Swing JFormattedTextFields for decimal input/output. I'd written a blog on a similar topic about 8 months ago and forgotten to actually publish it. So here it is! Community: JavaDesktop hansmuller 2005-08-25T14:18:48-08:00