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Re:Snowflake: Graphical SFTP client and terminal emulator wi... by slantyyz on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:28AM (#22191473)
> It's a terrible Java GUI.

As far as Java GUIs go, I've seen far worse than this. It's fine to me.

I use WinSCP daily. It is very functional, but beautiful is not a word I'd use to describe it.

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Re:Snowflake: Graphical SFTP client and terminal emulator wi... by qorrect on Thursday January 30, 2020 @12:49PM (#22193448)
Seriously, this GUI is great compared to some of the trash I've had to use - its a great tool and "Java sucks" is so 10 years ago.
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Re:Snowflake: Graphical SFTP client and terminal emulator wi... by slantyyz on Thursday January 30, 2020 @01:10PM (#22193650)
>> "Java sucks" is so 10 years ago.

I mostly agree, but I also work with enterprise software products that have legacy code bases with baggage that is over 10 years old, so there is still a lot of Java software that sucks. We're talking about applications that take minutes to just load and display a window on otherwise fast hardware. And in some cases, the entire purpose of the application is to basically slap a GUI around an XML configuration file.

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