JavaFX 14 is available to help developers create cross-platform GUI applications with a single codebase. Improvements include HTTP/2 support with an embedded browser, controlled by native Java code.

Sun throws JavaFX hat into Web app ring Programmers now can start trying out JavaFX for writing rich Internet applications--and seeing if it's worth using over Adobe's Flash and other alternatives.

One of the most intriguing additions is support for snapping JavaFX applets out of web pages so that they can be used outside of the browser.

Further deliverables are planned. JavaFX for Desktop 1.0, featuring a profile for desktop and browser deployments and a general-release SDK, is due this fall.

This achieves a level of interoperability between Ajax and JavaFX applications, a seamless integration that allows FX applications to operate in a web page. [Ed] Q.

Sun officially started its JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco on Tuesday with a series of keynote presentations designed to showcase JavaFX, the company's new rich internet-application ...