Although JavaFX has a lot of potential, the technology also has a lot of weaknesses.

Can JavaFX become relevant? Ars provides a short summary of what’s good and what’s not so good about Sun’s latest RI/desktop app platform. As this is probably the only Open Source effort tackling this increasingly important market segment, I’m very much wishing to see it succeed. Sadly, Sun’s record with Swing is disappointing and JavaFX seems to be suffering from some of the same mistakes.