No Java 6 on Leopard (yet)
People are pissed because they bought a Powerbook, read the Apple specific API's and learned about Info.plist's and app folders for then to see Panther without 1.5. And we upgraded to Tiger to get 1.5 and waited for 1.6. Which is not here.
Lets turn Chris's argument on its head. Why should I test web applications on Safari ? Why should I care about the iPhone or the iPod Touch ? 5,2 % of requests on my website comes from Safari users. Java is gigantic compared to Safari.
People want Leopard and fresh hardware. But no Java 6 equals no incentive to buy. A new cover flow finder just isn't enough :).
BTW - I support all the major browsers. But I can afford to.
Please remember that Apple Java 1.5 was late as well. And 1.6 is much more complex than 1.5 due to changes in the Apple Java 2D pipeline.
There might be a lot of boring compatibility problems. Mac users would cry like children if the fonts were just a tad ugly.
High quality eats time. That is my guess anyway.
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