Release candidate for Flamingo 4.0

January 25th, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I am extremely pleased today to announce the availability of release candidate for version 4.0 of Flamingo component suite (code-named Fainnear). As detailed in the roadmap for this release, the goal was to provide the missing functionality from the Office 2007 Command Bar, and the journey that has started in September 2005 has arrived at its most important milestone so far.

I can finally say that the Flamingo ribbon can be used to create Swing ribbon-driven applications. While some of the minor functionality will have to be postponed to the next few releases, Fainnear provides all the major building blocks to create sophisticated ribbon content and wire it to the custom application logic. The release notes for version 4.0 contain the detailed information on the contents of this release which include:

To see the Flamingo ribbon component in action under core look-and-feels, run the following WebStart demo:

To see the Flamingo ribbon component in action under Substance look-and-feel, run the following WebStart demo:

If you want to test the ribbon in your applications, you would need the following (the last two only for applications running under Substance look-and-feel):

You are more than welcome to take Flamingo 4.0RC for a ride and report any problems in the project mailing lists, forums or issue tracker. The final release is scheduled for February 6. Only bugs will be fixed until that date.

Sample screenshots of Flamingo 4.0 in action:

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7 Comments on “Release candidate for Flamingo 4.0”

  1. 1 javaMan said at 11:11 pm on January 25th, 2009:

    very cool and great work :-)

    but 80 Mb of memory :-( :-( :-(

  2. 2 James Carroll said at 8:20 pm on January 26th, 2009:

    Awesome! Can’t wait to give it a spin.

    Request for the next version? Miller Columns.

  3. 3 Kirill Grouchnikov said at 10:47 pm on January 26th, 2009:

    javaMan – i see 46Mb for the Substance-powered ribbon demo. If i run the simple empty JFrame (no Flamingo, no Substance), it already is 22Mb – so this is coming from the JVM itself. I would consider extra 24Mb to be an acceptable price for using the Flamingo ribbon + Substance look-and-feel. If this is too much memory consumption for your needs, perhaps ribbon in its current state does not fit them.

    James – please see the main Flamingo project page and the stated project goal. Flamingo is not a general component suite, and the Miller Columns will not be part of it in the foreseeable future.

    Thanks
    Kirill

  4. 4 Feras said at 10:51 am on January 29th, 2009:

    hi kirill,

    Great work. Waiting for the final release.
    But where is the documentation which was on Flamingo website.

    Thanks..

  5. 5 Kirill Grouchnikov said at 10:59 am on January 29th, 2009:

    Feras – i have written about the Flamingo documentation a few weeks ago.

    Thanks
    Kirill

  6. 6 Swing links of the week, February 2nd | Jonathan Giles said at 12:09 pm on February 1st, 2009:

    [...] Grouchnikov announced new release candidates for both his Substance and Flamingo projects. These releases are now ready for use in Swing [...]

  7. 7 James said at 6:36 am on February 4th, 2009:

    Thanks Kiril for the great work. I was so enamoured with the Ribbon I only just got to look at your breadcrumb. That looks like something that will be a great help instead.

    Can’t wait for the final release.

    Thanks again!