JavaServer Faces – ICEFaces or RichFaces?

http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5202018

Here what Max Katz’s comments about the thread:
Yes, I saw this thread when it was posted. It’s somewhat of a one-sided comparison.

1) RichFaces offers both, page-wide and component-wide AJAX support.
a4j: tag library gives you page-wide and rich: tag library gives you
component-wide. You have a lot more flexibility with page-wide AJAX
support.

2) RichFaces a4j:push control

> the ICEfaces technology is not shackled to JBoss technology,
This is not true. 90% of the time I’m using RichFaces with just Tomcat
and no other JBoss technologies.

Finally, basic AJAX support in JSF 2.0 (released later this year) will
be more based on RichFaces approach.

Both component libraries are good, my recommendation is, pick one and
stick with it.

JSF AJAX Component Library Feature Matrix *