One definite advantage that I have spotted in SWT though!
It can recognise more than 3 mouse buttons; very handy if you want the
next/prev buttons to do something in your IDE...

On 12 April 2010 09:45, Dominic Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Wildam Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The default theme of Netbeans is usually the OS-like one.
>>
>
> I think that's the point, really.  OS-*like*.  It doesn't *quite* look the
> same as would be expected from a native app.  It's surprisingly tricky to do
> this in general.  For example, when FireFox went with an OS-like theme,
> there were many complaints from mac people that it still felt out of place.
> Even if you get the look right, quite frequently, the behaviours aren't all
> there.  My favourite example is Cmd-Ctrl-D.  I a native mac app, this looks
> up a word in the dictionary.  In an app with an OS-like theme, it goes
> beep.  Beep.  Beep.  Your word means Beep.
>
> -Dom
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