Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:34:48 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@plutotech.com> Cc: Adam Capell <acapell@value.net>, java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sunsoft swing classes Message-ID: <199802172134.OAA29842@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <34E9EEFE.D24DAA09@plutotech.com> References: <34E9EBD7.3DDB6BE8@value.net> <34E9EEFE.D24DAA09@plutotech.com>
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> > Swing seems to work OK, but > > there are huge differences in appearence between Win32 and Motif > > components, so much that they don't seem to be the same components at > > all. > > That's part of the point of Swing: you get a standard look-and-feel no > matter what platform you're using. > > Although the goals of the AWT are noble, it turns out for some > applications that a native look-and-feel from platform to platform works > out to be sub-optimal. Swing applications look the same from platform to > platform. That is no longer the case. They have a different look and feel now depending on the platform, which is IMHO a step in the wrong direction. But, it's apparently necessary to skirt legal/licensing issues. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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