What is gwt build for? :) On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Cristian Nicanor Babula < [email protected]> wrote:
> Of course I have tried it. But what I am trying to say is that gwt is ok > like this. Its target are applications where stability is more important > than look. Let's take yahoo mail and gmail for a comparison. The first has > a better look than the latter, but I wouldn't use it as a substitute for > thunderbird (I don't know if that would be possible). Gmail instead, has a > design that is kinda flat, sometimes giving the sensation that I'm viewing > an ol' plain html page and that inspires me stability. It doesn't involve > the extra second needed to understand whether a certain element is clickable > or not. What I am trying to say is that you don't have to write lots of > painful css in order to get a kickass design and IMHO gwt suppose that you > already know that. > > If you need to build a website, then maybe you don't even need gwt. I built > once a site using gwt and is a pain in the ass not because it doesn't have a > cool default GUI style, but because I think it wasn't created for that. > > P.S.: > Whether a framework has a cool default GUI style shouldn't be the main > criteria for choosing it. > > Regards, > Cristian. > > > On 1/30/2010 8:12 PM, Jeff Schnitzer wrote: > >> You obviously haven't tried TabLayoutPanel. >> >> They may be perfect for *you* right now, but I'm willing to bet that >> for every one of you there are ten developers that skip GWT and go >> with JQueryUI or ExtJS or Dojo because "my app will look better". >> Most engineers don't have great CSS and design skills, don't >> underestimate the draw of aesthetics. >> >> An official competition to produce a new theme seems like a good idea. >> Or Google could throw some money at an outside design firm. >> >> I'll bet there is a ready market for some sort of commercial product >> here, like GXT done right. I'd pay for something that looks good and >> integrates well with GWT layouts. >> >> Jeff >> >> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:54 AM, Cristian Nicanor Babula >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> The widgets are perfect how they are now. They fit perfectly in both >>> websites and enterprise applications. Besides, a fancy design is not >>> always >>> a good design. I always use the simple "googlish" style in both websites >>> and >>> web apps and the customers are very pleased with the results. >>> >>> On 01/30/2010 03:31 AM, Simon wrote: >>> >>> >>>> That maybe true but not all programmer are great visual designers not >>>> to mention the time it takes to get it all looking great. All I am >>>> saying is the default look should be much more visually appealing. >>>> After all Google has spent a lot of time optimizing the javascript >>>> ouput so why not put some more time into a high quality polished >>>> visual look so that everyone benefits. >>>> >>>> Simon >>>> >>>> On Jan 29, 2:35 pm, mariyan nenchev<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> There is no need gwt widgets to be "beautiful". They are easy >>>>> customizable >>>>> with css. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Paul >>>>> Grenyer<[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Why not just use GXT then? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Marcos Alcantara<[email protected]> >>>>>> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:19:28 >>>>>> To: Google Web Toolkit<[email protected]> >>>>>> Subject: Re: Feature Request - Improve Visual Look >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Couldn´t agree more. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> GWT is great as whole and so flexible, it hurts. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Although, the core widgets could have a better visual appearance to >>>>>> make them as good as Vaadin's or ext's but without the "desktop >>>>>> application" appeal. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> =) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Marcos Alcantara >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 28 jan, 16:27, Simon<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I think some of the most aesthetically pleasing UI components can be >>>>>>> found in extJS so I would like to suggest that GWT further improve >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> visual appearance of their widgets. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Simon >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups >>>>>> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> >>>>>> [email protected]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> >>>>>> <google-web-toolkit%2Bunsubs >>>>>> [email protected]> >>>>>> . >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups >>>>>> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> >>>>>> [email protected]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> >>>>>> <google-web-toolkit%2Bunsubs >>>>>> [email protected]> >>>>>> . >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. 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