As a potential user, I'm typically really pleased with a fat jar download option! In an age where desktop apps are less common, we beggars can't be choosers anymore so 50 MB is perfectly acceptable.
I mostly use Qt these days though for desktop apps I build. It takes a minute to learn but once you get the basics down you're off to the races. And the cross platform story is awesome. I literally don't even test on windows or mac anymore until right before a release, because if it works on my linux dev machine, it's gonna work on windows/mac.
I mostly use Qt these days though for desktop apps I build. It takes a minute to learn but once you get the basics down you're off to the races. And the cross platform story is awesome. I literally don't even test on windows or mac anymore until right before a release, because if it works on my linux dev machine, it's gonna work on windows/mac.