While I appreciate the richness of widgets and behaviours offered by framework like SmartGWT or GXT, I don't particularly like their "windowish" look and feel, also I don't think it's a particularly good idea promoting GWT powerfulness or web application in general by mimicking desktop application widgets aspect (how many useless "web desktops" simulating a windows desktop inside your browser have you seen?).
I think GWT/Roo should support at least two basic skin: a light theme with few/no images/resources (http://gwt-bikeshed.appspot.com/ Scaffold.html isn't a bad start to me!) and maybe an heavier more appealing one but I think some effort should be done to distinguish GWT/web applications from desktop app. I would use more/nicer effects (slide, fade ecc.) to have smoother transitions and/or communicate to the user that something is happening/has happened (think of mobile apps also...). Just my 2 cents Martino Piccinato On Aug 6, 2:44 pm, Chris Ramsdale <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey GWT(ers), > > I've heard from many of you that GWT apps simply don't look that good out of > the box, and styling the default app would go a long way. We couldn't agree > more. As some of you know, GWT 2.1 (with the help of Spring Roo 1.1) will > generate a full-fledged scaffolding app that users can then go customize, > and build on top of. The current incarnation looks like this: > > http://gwt-bikeshed.appspot.com/Scaffold.html > > And while it's a start, it's long from being...well...good looking. I'm > working with some UI/UX people back at Google, but in the spirit of openness > I wanted to get feedback from the real users -- you. Specifically we're > looking for "business" apps that are a good example of UI and/or UX. Apps > that allow you to track tasks, expenses, travel, projects, etc. > > If you have ideas, simply post a link in a follow-up to this thread. > > Cheers, > -- Chris -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
