GUI application in Java?

Hi,
I'm considering to develop a rather large desktop
application in Java (or other development language)
and was wondering if someone can persuade me to do it
in Java or not.
In the end, the application will have to be able to
open and view large tiff images. A number image
operations (cropping, extracting parts of the image,
...) will have to be done on these images.
Furthermore I will need some sort of mechanism to add
transparent blocks over the tiff images (to mark
parts of the image).
My biggest concern with image handling in Java is the
performance. Will the application not become too slow
in the end, processing a lot of tiff images.
Kind regards,
Davorhi,
from ur requirement specs, Java seems the obvious choice of programming language. the java.awt.image.* package suits u just right. programming effort is minimum.
regarding the performance, there's always been the age-old trade-off as far as java is concerned. but with desktops and servers becoming increasingly powerful each day, this concern is bound to diminish.
further, ur application seems to b a heavyweight appli in itself. so, the systems which run it r bound to b (sufficiently) powerful anyways.
so, my opinion...GO FOR JAVA.
hope this helped u... good luck
======
Kiran

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