Mac OS X: Java 6 or 7?

[routeconverter]

Hi Christian,

Thanks for your reply and sorry for the little information I gave to you.
I'm using a MacBook Pro with a 2,4 GHz Intel Core i7, OSX Yosemite 10.10.1.
I'm trying to install RouteConverterMac64. I do no know the version number but I downloaded it last week from the website.
As far as I know my MacBook is a 64-bit system so I think I'm using a 64-bit Java version The Java version is: Java 7 Update 71.

I hope this is enough information for you.

Hi Tom,

yes, this is sufficient. Let me explain the current dilemma:

• RouteConverter relys on a WebKit-browser for the rendering of the map since there used to be no webbrowser in Java.
  
• This WebKit-browser is integrated via a library that uses Eclipse SWT and provides a webbrowser control.
  
• This works fine with Apples Java 6.
  
• Then Apple and Oracle split up and agreed that Oracle will be providing Java for the Mac starting with Java 7.
  
• With Java 7, Oracle broke the AWT/SWT-compatibility and made Eclipse SWT useless.
  
• With Yosemite, Apple removed its Java 6.
  

Bummer!

But there is hope: I found that Oracle introduced a webbrowser control with Java FX, which is part of Java since Java 7 Update 40. And I've implemented a first integration into RouteConverter which is part of the prereleases since a while. Unfortunately, it has problems when zooming in

So what are your options?

1. Install Java 6 and use RouteConverter 2.13.3
   
2. Download the prerelease and try if the new browser integration works; if not, help fixing it