Posted by gouessej on Jan 31, 2012; 4:29pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Advantages-of-using-NEWT-vs-GLCanvas-tp3703674p3703889.html

Hi

NEWT full screen mode works better than its AWT equivalent and the framerate is often a bit higher even though you don't use multiple threads. It has a better support of multiple screens and its handling of the OpenGL context is better for sharing.

Don't use NEWT if you're looking for interoperability with Swing and AWT. NewtCanvasAWT is helpful as another bridge, for example when you use SWT (until the native SWT heavyweight GLCanvas is ready) to put a GLWindow into a SWT composite.