Frame2 and MacOS X

January 14th, 2008 | frame2, general, java6

Currently, Frame2 does not work on Macs. This, of course, is due to the fact that there is no (easily) available Java 6 implementation for MacOS. I’ve been trying to decide if this is an issue or not.

Reasons why it might be an issue:

I use a Mac for most of development, and I hate having to drop into an emulator to work on Frame2
I really would like Frame2 to run on the Mac, if just for completeness.

Reasons why it probably doesn’t matter:

Who really runs Java webapps on Macs? Tomcat on Windows or Linux is OK, but it just feels dirty to me on the Mac.

Hopefully, there will be a version of Java 6 available for the Mac soon. At that point, I’ll probably make the necessary updates to make everything work. Until then, if you’re writing a web app and using a Mac – go with Rails.

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