Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:08:37 -0800 From: Giao Nguyen <giao@learnix.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Sean Kelly <kelly@plutotech.com> Cc: Adam Capell <acapell@value.net>, java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sunsoft swing classes Message-ID: <19980217140837.17539@calweb.com> In-Reply-To: <199802172134.OAA29842@mt.sri.com>; from Nate Williams on Tue, Feb 17, 1998 at 02:34:48PM -0700 References: <34E9EBD7.3DDB6BE8@value.net> <34E9EEFE.D24DAA09@plutotech.com> <199802172134.OAA29842@mt.sri.com>
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Nate Williams said: > > 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. This will be until the new look and feels are complete. For example the Metal look and feel and the Mac look and feel. Again, if legal problems exist for the Mac L&F, we always have the Metal L&F which looks pretty Giao To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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