> Upayavira wrote: > ... >> Do we need to include a libary to achieve a better L&F? What is the >> current way in the Java world? If we do, we need to make sure that we >> choose one that is licenced in a compatible way to ASL. Thus, [2], which >> is LGPL, is not compatible. I know JGoodies is BSD, but don't know if it >> is any good. >> >> Any Java Swing gurus here who can give a little guidance? > > IMHO, if a GUI feels ugly, the first thing to do is to rethink the > layout. From teh screenshots I saw here it's not qhat I would call a > "standard" layout. > > Then set the look and feel of the native platform (please no metal), add > icons, set the spacing between components, use SwingWorker to manage > long-running actions... and thing will start to look nice. > > Other things can be done like setting rollover images for buttons, using > more advanced components for some parts of the UI (swinglabs and > l2fprod), using progress bars and statusbar for more info to the user, > add a splash, tweak font, etc. > > Only *then* one can think of changing the l&f, but usually it's not > needed. Make sense, I'm new on UI programming and for me is more easy to change l&f than think a good layout :D.
Thanks for the lesson ;) > > -- > Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - verba volant, scripta manent - > (discussions get forgotten, just code remains) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- The box said "Requires Windows 95/98/Me/Nt/2k/XP or better" .... so I installed Linux ! -o=|=o- Daniele Madama Pro-netics s.r.l. Via Elio Lampridio Cerva 127/c Roma Tel. 0651530849 http://www.pronetics.it
