   [java] I think this one forum is steadily growing.
  Alright this isn''t rocket science or some epiphany or anything but I just sort of noticed that when i first starting watching the Java Forum section here, there were "maybe" a constant 5 posts max.  Now there seems to be about an average of 10-15.  Something is change, huh?   " ''No one has control -- control is just a fantasy.  And being human is difficult.'' " 
  To bad this one platform is steadily dying ;  Which platform is that? ;  Its picked up a bit lately, but its still way off from where it was back in 2001.  Back then we had a moderator and an actively developed project (GameFrame for Java) everyone was talking about.  Whatever happened to picking a new mod anyway? ;quote:Original post by CoffeeMug  To bad this one platform is steadily dying  Far from the truth. While some of Java''s earlier successes have faded away (such as Flash animations being used in favor of applets), there are other areas where it continues to grow. Game dev is one of them. A few years back, it was a hobby thing to do only. These days, more and more games and game-related tech are being developed using Java in some capacity. ;  Most game-related Java discussions have since moved off GameDev - check out http://www.javagaming.org/--cfmdobbie;quote:Original post by Aldacron  Far from the truth. While some of Java''s earlier successes have faded away (such as Flash animations being used in favor of applets), there are other areas where it continues to grow. Game dev is one of them. A few years back, it was a hobby thing to do only. These days, more and more games and game-related tech are being developed using Java in some capacity.   Too add to that, java programming is now being used in macromedia flex and outputted in swf file format.http://javaboutique.internet.com/reviews/macro_flex/While flash owns java when it comes to animation, flash''s actionscript is not as powerful when it comes to heavy coding and macromedia is now allowing for a way to use java instead of actionsctionscript.  I''m not very good at explaining it though, check the link above. -----------------------------AIM: Trebor DoDHompage: www.airspacedesigns.com