The focus subsystem is to blame. This can (and certainly will) be fixed… I’m on it now. Apparently, we’re missing a good deal of focus-related events being fired. The creation and display of a Frame should result in 5 events being fired. Our BeOS implementation only has 2 right now whoops! More to come… I’m [...]

I try not to read osnews.com too much anymore, but I still frequent it. I suppose it’s one of those guilty pleasures in life. I was reading this excellent article on Java performance perceptions today. The previous article on Swing vs. SWT by the same author, Andy Roberts, was excellent and I had high hopes for this one. Andy didn’t let me down.

I’ve been relatively silent the last few weeks. Largely this was due to the ongoing situational comedies I endure every day at the office, and my ongoing search for a better place to work. I mean better as a relatively term. North of the Mason-Dixon line would constitute better. A place that actually has a [...]

Andrew has been on fire. I swear this guy doesn’t sleep, eat, or use the restroom when he’s on a code binge. We worked out a new design Tuesday night, it’s TONS cleaner. We aren’t inheriting any of the nastiness from the Windows / Motif code anymore, and the difference is obvious when you’re working [...]