Mikael has a detailed post on JavaLobby about the state of the Visual JavaBean market these days and what can be done to fix it.
Visual JavaBeans - What's Up? Having worked a lot lately with JavaBeans destined for a more visual type of programming I know they aren't exactly a dream come true to implement; or use for that matter. There are a number of problems. Fortunately, they are all quite easily fixed. The problem is that the fixes has to be made on many fronts and there are the chicken and egg problem...