From owner-freebsd-java Tue Feb 17 13:45:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA28175 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 13:45:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (mail.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA28161 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 13:44:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kelly@plutotech.com) Received: from plutotech.com (tampopo.plutotech.com [206.168.67.161]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA27384; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:44:53 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <34EA04D4.5608730A@plutotech.com> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:44:52 -0700 From: Sean Kelly Organization: Pluto Technologies X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nate Williams CC: Adam Capell , java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sunsoft swing classes References: <34E9EBD7.3DDB6BE8@value.net> <34E9EEFE.D24DAA09@plutotech.com> <199802172134.OAA29842@mt.sri.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nate Williams wrote: > > Swing applications look the same from platform to > > platform. > > That is no longer the case. They have a different look and feel now > depending on the platform, which is IMHO a step in the wrong direction. > But, it's apparently necessary to skirt legal/licensing issues. I'll say. Do they achieve this by using the native widgets or by drawing things differently depending on the platform? Damn lawyers. They really know how to screw up good software. --Sean To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message