Actually, I think there is a lot of merit in this feature request. Anyone *can* make a GWT-based UI beautiful with the right application of CSS. As with any attractive UI, it takes a fair bit of work and know-how. GWT comes with a set of themes already, but it's fairly clear that creating a refined piece of art was not high on the priority list of the team.
I posit that having a beautiful stock appearance and good-looking samples would extend the adoption and reach of GWT ten-fold. I think a lot of developers, when picking a client framework, simply look at the samples and eventually stop at one where they say "I want my app to look like that." Nobody wants their apps to look like the GWT samples - and while they don't have to, it's not totally clear unless you've already invested in the learning process. GXT looks pretty, but that's about all I can say about it. I've said this on another thread, but actually using it is awful. It has its own layout system which does not play nice with GWT's layouts. You can't just buy GXT and expect your app to suddenly look better. BTW, I am speaking from experience... my learning process went from jQueryUI, to ExtJS, to GXT, to plain-old GWT with my own custom controls and CSS. I would have saved a lot of time and abortive projects if I'd gone straight to vanilla GWT... and I have to admit that aesthetics played a major role in my choices. Jeff On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:35 AM, mariyan nenchev <nenchev.mari...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is no need gwt widgets to be "beautiful". They are easy customizable > with css. > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Paul Grenyer <paul.gren...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Why not just use GXT then? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Marcos Alcantara <marc...@gmail.com> >> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:19:28 >> To: Google Web Toolkit<google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: Feature Request - Improve Visual Look >> >> Couldn´t agree more. >> >> GWT is great as whole and so flexible, it hurts. >> >> Although, the core widgets could have a better visual appearance to >> make them as good as Vaadin's or ext's but without the "desktop >> application" appeal. >> >> =) >> >> Marcos Alcantara >> >> >> On 28 jan, 16:27, Simon <dciphercomput...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > I think some of the most aesthetically pleasing UI components can be >> > found in extJS so I would like to suggest that GWT further improve the >> > visual appearance of their widgets. >> > >> > Simon >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >> To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >> To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
