+1 to FlatLAF Dark or Light should default to the system preference. Both Windows and macOS have a system setting for dark mode.
Scott > On Nov 1, 2021, at 10:02 AM, Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > So, now we've branched off 12.6, and we know that the next release > will be NetBeans 13, require JDK 11+, and hopefully ship with nb-javac > included .. is it time we changed (improved?! :-) ) how NetBeans looks > out of the box too? > > Should we consider FlatLaf (light or dark) as the default look and > feel from NetBeans 13? > > This is partly prompted by working through a few JIRA tickets with > HiDPI issues resolved by switching, a few snarky social media comments > about NetBeans' appearance I've seen recently where the go-to replies > seem to just be to tell people to switch to FlatLaf .. and the fact > I'm constantly switching even when debugging because the GTK theme on > Ubuntu is borderline unusable. > > So, what do you think? For or against? Maybe also add what you do > use, and light or dark, in a reply - it might make some sense if we > defaulted to what the majority of us use in practise? > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
