True. But the problem is then you are required to write your own UIDelegates in Swing to get Nimbus to run on that 3'rd part data picker you tracked down. Flex skinning is a somewhat more approachable topic with images and CSS (which AFAIK JavaFX has adopted?).
/Casper On 2 Nov., 11:32, Mario Camou <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, and another thing. The current crop of Flex apps has demonstrated that > having a native L&F isn't really necessary for many kinds of apps, so it's > probably better to go with something that looks good vs. some half-assed > emulation of native widgets (i.e., Nimbus is beautiful). > -Mario. > > -- > I want to change the world but they won't give me the source code. > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:30, Mario Camou <[email protected]> wrote: > > The big problem I see with SWT is the native parts (DLL, .so, etc), which > > means that an SWT app can't be easily deployed, for example, through > > WebStart or as an applet (without having to preinstall shared libs). That is > > a killer for some range of apps (one of which I'm working on right now). Of > > course, I could be wrong and would appreciate being corrected. > > -Mario. > > > -- > > I want to change the world but they won't give me the source code. > > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 15:26, a.efremov <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> How you feel about SWT and its future in enterprise java on desktop? > >> SWT application has native look and feel and integrates seamlessly > >> with user's environment. I mean compared to as Swing application does. > > >> will be glad to hear your feedbacks. > > >> alexander --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
