[jon914]

Our startup's main product uses Java for a UI heavy app because makes it cross platform out of the box and is relatively easy to develop a nice, native looking UI with if you know what you're after.

Our closest competitors locked themselves to one platform and have faced challenges trying to go cross platform.

[callumjones]

Chrome and Firefox seem to do a good job of going cross platform.

[afsina]

İt is just far easier with java.

[callumjones]

Being 'easy' is irrelative when it results in a terrible user experience. There's no way to explain to the user: "oh this would look a lot better but we wanted to use a different language so it's not our fault".

[afsina]

Jetbrains producsts has a good reputation. It does not apply here.