Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:18:41 +0100 From: Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.ORG> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ugrade from linux-jdk to native Message-ID: <200203011618.g21GIf244017@zaphod.euronet.nl> In-Reply-To: <20020301160608.D83735@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA3DC@l04.research.kpn.com> <20020301160608.D83735@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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See: http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-SWT-Design-1/SWT-Design-1.html Ernst On Friday 01 March 2002 17:06, j mckitrick wrote: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 05:01:43PM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: > | Hello Jonathon, > | > | > Hotspot seems great, and will help the perfomance issue for sure. But > | > isn't there an ongoing debate about look-and-feel, and the AWT vs the > | > SWT? > | > | SWT? If you mean Swing; use Swing, not AWT. It's much better. > | > | What look 'n feel issues are you referring to? > > I was reading javaworld recently (IIRC) and apparently there are issues > with Swing looking so different from native platform GUIs. So, there > is another toolkit, SWT, or Standard (Window|Widget) Toolkit. IIUC, it > is supposed to offer the power and flexibility of Swing with the look > and feel of the native application, even using JNI where possible to > do so. I'm just repeating what I read, so maybe I need to do some more > digging. But I'm under the impression that some developers don't like > the look and feel of Swing, and apparently the LookAndFeel API isn't > enough to fix it. Let me see what I can dig up. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message -- Ernst de Haan EuroNet Internet B.V. "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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