Agree entirely. Unfortunately it seems most gwt sites don't have ui designers. Perhaps the gwt team should run a competition to create an awesome default theme that has to work with the sample apps. I know a few designers who would give it a go.
On Jan 30, 9:46 am, Jeff Schnitzer <j...@infohazard.org> wrote: > 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.
