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I should clarify my last statement: "AWT/Swing is not good for touch screens if you need timely mousePressed and mouseReleased events." Touch screens use press-and-hold for right-click gestures,...

They're both fully capable of doing simple 2D drawing, but Oracle intends for JavaFX to be a replacement for AWT/Swing, and I think that's a great thing because JavaFX is superior in many ways....