> Trying to write a GUI that looks native on Swing will bring you nothing but > endless frustration.
I've managed it before, but mainly targeting Windows. JFileChooser and the lack of standard context menus cause problems, and users who switch their Windows theme (e.g., switching into and out of High Contrast on XP) trigger all sorts of Swing oddities, but other than that it can be difficult to tell that a program is written in Java at all. All that said, certain apps can happily ignore the native look to varying degrees without incurring wrath, e.g., Spotify, Google Earth, media players, Visual Studio, MS Office. > -- > Cédric > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
