Sun's JavaFX a new way of writing Java applications

JavaFX, is Sun's latest attempt for offer a friendlier way of writing Java applications for consumer devices, and the next generation of Web applications.

At the JavaOne conference in San Francisco, Sun will roll out a Java-based product family called JavaFX, a simpler scripting language for writing applications on Java-equipped desktop PCs and handheld devices.

With JavaFX Script, Sun is trying to revive the use of Java on small devices, like set-top boxes, and in PC Web browsers, which the language was originally designed to do in the 1990s.