As I write this foreword, I am collaborating with four leading user interface (UI) component vendo

As I write this foreword, I am collaborating with four leading user interface (UI) component vendors on a presentation for the 2004 JavaOneSM conference. In our presentation, the vendors will show how they leverage JavaServerTM Faces technology in their products. While developing the presentation, I am learning some things about the work we’ve been doing on JavaServer Faces for the past three years. The vendors have their own set of concerns unique to adapting their product for JavaServer Faces, but they all voice one opinion loud and clear: they are very relieved to finally have a standard for web-based user interfaces.