Why I can't get excited about JDIC
I was wondering this afternoon why it is I find JDIC, the Java Desktop Integration Components, the least interesting of the things I have on my to-do list. And I realized it's because they're really the Java MS?Windows Integration Components.
the synth look and feel: what Sun should do next
One of the much-hyped new features in JDK 1.5 (or "Java 5" as we're supposed to call it now) was the new Synth Look and Feel, which is a "skinnable" L&F that allows non-programmers to create new look and feels by editing an XML file. Since creating a look and feel before involved complex acts of witchcraft, this is actually good news for programmers as well.
SWT Tips & Tricks: Windows XP Styling
Some of you may have noticed, in my previous entry SWT Tips & Tricks: Titled Borders I presented code in SWT that represented a similar set of code in Swing. What you may have also noticed was the SWT implementation was inherently lacking the Windows XP look and feel that was available in the Swing implementation . I intentionally left the SWT implementation that way, simply because most developers will run across the 'XP' styling issue if they are dealing with SWT. In fact, this problem is visible in a default Eclipse installation - notice the buttons and tabs are decidedly Windows 2000-ish in nature - they aren't rounded, nor do they have the XP gradients.
Java Plugin Framework (JPF) 0.3 Released
JPF (Java Plugin Framework) is a general-purpose plug-in framework intended to help building scalable, extendable Java applications with low cost of maintenance. The framework is specially designed to be easily included into Java project of any kind.
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