From owner-freebsd-java Tue Feb 17 13:47:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA28486 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 13:47:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA28203 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 13:45:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA28672; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:34:50 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA29842; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:34:48 -0700 Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:34:48 -0700 Message-Id: <199802172134.OAA29842@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Sean Kelly Cc: Adam Capell , java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sunsoft swing classes In-Reply-To: <34E9EEFE.D24DAA09@plutotech.com> References: <34E9EBD7.3DDB6BE8@value.net> <34E9EEFE.D24DAA09@plutotech.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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