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I would like to try and capture some stats regarding the number of users who have already migrated to Java 1.5 versus the number still using 1.4 (and maybe those adventurous enough to start using 1.6 !).

The general assumption is that the client and server use the same major version of the Java Runtime Environment. If that is not the case please post back with such information.

Which version of Java Runtime Environment do you use ?
  • 1.4
  • 1.5
  • 1.6
0 voters
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We are still using Java 1.4. because of the print-issues (fontkerning etc.) in java 1.5

Sun will fix this probably in Java 1.6

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We are running Java 1.5 at all installations. Our application seems to run a little more briskly and look better in Java 1.5 than Java 1.4. We have a rare issue with Java 1.5 that occurs on 1/25 client machines where the client cannot connect to the server unless we run Java 1.4 on that machine. Have not figured it out yet. Otherwise 1.5 seems a bit better than 1.4.

John McCann
www.mccannmedicalmatrix.com
Windows XP
SQL 2000 with MS jdbc driver

4

What is the better version to run, for a PowerMac G5? And for a MacBook Pro (Intel)? For that matter, what is the better version for a Windows machine?

Jim

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jim:
What is the better version to run, for a PowerMac G5? And for a MacBook Pro (Intel)? For that matter, what is the better version for a Windows machine?

To be able to answer that you have to first define what ‘better’ means to you.
Better font kerning? Use 1.4. Other things might be better in 1.5. I dunno.

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The only issue which appears significant under 1.5 on all platforms appears to be a font rendering issue which Robert has just mentioned.

In most, if not all, other respects, 1.5 offers significant improvements over 1.4 at both compile-time and run-time.

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Here is the print (font-kerning) bug in Java 1.5

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bu … id=5097047

Please vote if you have the time!

(btw the font-kerning happens on printed fields, not on labels. Jan B. has put in a great amount of time in it and made a work-around for labels. We need the printing fields, because a lable won’t behave as a TEX-AREA and won’t grow in a list-view)

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Vote by just saying something like “please fix this already” in the comment box at the bottom of the page?

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No at the left side, you see: vote for this bug. (you have to register for that.)

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Thanks! I’ll register then.

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idoctor:
We have a rare issue with Java 1.5 that occurs on 1/25 client machines where the client cannot connect to the server unless we run Java 1.4 on that machine. Have not figured it out yet.

I had that bug too a while ago, if I remember correctly it is related to the proxy settings in the client machine: if there is 1.5 on client and 1.5 on the server, the proxy settings on the windows client machine don’t work.