Hello, > I disagree. > > First, the Java Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT) has no its own Look and > Feel. Widows AWT implementation uses native Win32 widgets, and > Unix/Linux AWT implementation uses Motif.
The issue with people that used Swing is that for some reason, every Swing programmer felt the need to add 3 menu entries to have the user configure the favorite look or default to Metal, because it looks cooler. I can understand this, as people on the Windows and Motif worlds have had very few choices of look and feel, so they felt like their applications *had* to be different. I do not blame them for trying to get some fresh air in that constrained world. Those of us in the GNOME/KDE worlds have enjoyed of variety in our UIs but with the added benefit of uniformity across the applications on the desktop. A good Swing UI is one that will just use the native look and feel to integrate with the rest of the desktop. That being said, if you are interested in doing *good* UIs, you want to read Joel's UI book for Programmers (www.joelonsoftware.com has the details). miguel. _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
