Teppefall Labs

this colorpicker looks interesting.
but, it is completely impractical for me.

I rarely run Java applications;
the first time a Java app is loaded
after my system has been started,
there is a significant delay while the
Java runtime is initialized.

while that delay may be worthwhile
for a complex application,
it is beyond understanding to endure it
for a colorpicker.

C++ and wxWidgets is more suitable than Java as a
cross platform approach for "light-weight" applications.
the only reason I can see for a Java colorpicker is that
"if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"

I would appreciate some insight into the
developer's view of this, and
I find no other way to contact.

thank you for your attention to this matter.

Most applications done in C++ are not multi-platform. They are instead ported to a specific operating system. Firefox and Apache use huge baseline libraries in order to allow code portability. You also have things like Boost and similar libraries. The Java platform is a lot cleaner to work with. No macro's, 32/64bit issues (apart from JNI) or crazy compiler instructions.

C++ sockets, threading, Unicode and compiler differences will steal a lot of time. If you are an experienced C++ programmer, then this is not a huge problem, but you will most likely have delays on the Mac version while the Windows version reaches 1.0 or vice versa.

Java is not magic. If you suck, your application will suck. I just use Java because I do not have the money to do C++ development. I am not Adobe or Autodesk. And if I was, I would probably buy a Trolltech QT license so that I have someone to bitch to. The only place I use C++ is in my JVM launch code. I have never used wxWidgets and can not comment on its quality.

Colorspace loads faster than many small .NET applications. It works for me and my paying customers and that is all I care about. Many people call web applications lightweight and ignore the billion dollar infrastructure that has to work in order for Hello World to run.

Java is carbon fiber. C++ is titanium. Sometimes you need titanium, sometimes carbon fiber. It depends on the design specification. Java is just an alternative to C++ hosted on VMWare, Parallels, Xen and IBM mainframes. You virtualize the language instead of the operating system. Java steals megabytes of memory and C++ virtualization steals gigabytes.