it's slow as hell when it loads...
FF froze for 3 min each time i run a sample

> Or, you can check out the JavaFX demos at: http://www.javafx.com/samples/

Hmm, I don't know if I've got the right JRE version to see the demo page correctly (if not, I would expect some info about this) but it looks really crap in FF, IE, Opera and Safari on Windows XP. Not a really good start ...

I tried looking at 4 examples. Twice the browser simply displayed a png or jpg, the other two times I was stuck looking at a Java loading animation. I'm not impressed.

Me too, disappointed so far. On MacOSX 10.4, the performances seems incomparable with Flash.

Yeah, I had a few problems too. I don't think I have the right JRE. I'm gonna grab the latest and see how it goes.

Got it to run, but like Microsoft's try it will fail. The reason is Sun and Microsoft attract the wrong crowds. That means they attract only hard core developers, one because their language is to technical and because they don't have any design applications worth anything or non at all.

Great interactive developers have a design/artsy side of the brain. Which is Sun and Microsofts entire problem....they think in features/functions rather than experience, which is what Flash/Flex developers understand due to the artsy side. Until Microsoft and Sun can attract those guys they lose. Sure developers will use those products, but the experience will not be great and that will translate over to software company profits.

Is it just me or is the interaction extremely stiff feeling....like watching President Bush dance.

Wow, it gets more exciting by the hour. They've now replaced the crappy samples page by some trivial marketing bla:

"It's here. The JavaFX Rich Client platform. A platform and tools suite that offers distinct advantages to Web developers, Web designers, and Java developers that are building rich, connected experiences.

Get started today. The JavaFX SDK has the essential set of technology, tools and resources required for developers and designers to create and deploy JavaFX applications."

If that's all after shifting release dates for months ... yawn ...

> Until Microsoft and Sun can attract those guys they lose.

Sun actually had a bunch of artsy-developer superstars (e.g. Chet Haase, Romain Guy). They left/got hunted away to Adobe (Flex) and Google (Android). Given their current situation, I don't think they'll ever see people like that for a long time unless their fortunes turn.

So this is version 1.0...I don't think they'll ever catch up...

Tried a few samples but beyond the main page which looks nice nothing worked for me. Suffice to say I did not bother trying any more samples.

Why call it JavaFX if the scripting language is not Java? The scripting languages we find in RIA solutions are not robust enough for business software. They are great for a new rendition of space invader or breakout but what for an insurance software or meta-data sensitive GUI?

Download the latest JDK 6 u10 and the samples work fine . You can't run the latest Silverlight or Flex stuff without their latest plugin either.

Thanks gt, for the latest JDK 6 u10, i will definately will download latest one now after my flights to london this weekend.