TorNorbye wrote: > On the font rendering issue, I agree that the fonts look a bit > different in NetBeans (and all Swing apps) - which is why I always use > -J-Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=true . But in terms of overall UI, > with the one exception of File Choosers, I think everything in > NetBeans just appears more polished and Mac like. This is my > subjective opinion obviously -- but just compare the color choices, > toolbars, widgets like the "spotlight" search in the IDE, tabs, etc. > There have been improvements and more is to come; keeping in mind the usability at large and not only the look and feel, there are indeed still problems, above all the *infamous* JFileChooser. Of course this is a global Swing problem, but I don't understand why Quaqua is not integrated natively in NetBeans - I did it with blueMarine and I got a native looking JFileChooser, plus Sheets (ok, the latter is an API extension and would require some work).
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