I agree that those two problems need to be solved, though I don't think either one is a big deal. Any Swing application can implement a bookmark-like mechanism and allow people to exchange these bookmarks.
Isn't #2 solved by including some type of search ability within the application. This is no different than with an AJAX or even pure HTML solution.
There are a lot more than these two problems that need to be solved for RIA with Swing (or RIA with AJAX). Hopefully the new Swing Application Framework addresses some of these. A better/reliable Java WebStart would be nice. |