I agree. However, finding the right GUI component library can make things look very nice a lot quicker than you can do it on your own. You still have to handle events properly (threading issues) and architect stuff the right way, but having a nice library of "widgets" is a great start.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Thomas Singer<wic...@regnis.de> wrote: > Yes, this is indeed very funny. People think, that making a good (desktop) > user interface is just about making the right choice of the used > architecture or GUI builder. That's plain wrong. You also can't > automatically make good looking and behaving web applications, just because > you know how html and css work and how to use DreamWeaver. > > -- > Thomas > > > Johan Compagner wrote: >> Ha this is funny, >> I hear things like swing is horrible to design, from users that use >> wicket so html apps. I guess those dont design the webapps themselfs, >> because if i have to choose i would choose swing or swt over html/css >> any day.. I really hate css >> >> For swing apps just have a good ui builder like windows builder or >> matisse. Windows builder also supports SWT >> >> With grouplayout making nice ui's that always looks good over multiply >> os'ses or jvms is pretty easy >> >> You could try to use JavaFX but i havent experiences with that. But it >> should be way easier to creaty flashy ui apps.. >> >> >> >> On 11/06/2009, Jeremy Thomerson <jer...@wickettraining.com> wrote: >>> I would like to build a nice-looking java desktop application. I hope >>> that isn't an oxymoron :). I have built some desktop apps before - a >>> lot of command line utilities in various languages, and some GUI apps >>> (perl, java, python, php, even vb (yikes!), c# etc...). >>> >>> The question is - what framework do you use for your UI components and >>> layout on a desktop app? I would like to use Java because I'll be >>> most efficient with it and it will work for me on linux machines and >>> others on Windoze, etc.. But when I've built Swing apps in the past, >>> I have hated having to layout everything in the code and I can never >>> make anything aesthetically pleasing. So.... >>> >>> 1 - do you have any recommendations on a good framework for nice >>> looking desktop apps? >>> 2 - any other recommendations for desktop apps in general? >>> 3 - It should be a lightweight, easy install - and I would prefer to >>> stay away from using the Eclipse framework for building the app (I use >>> the IDE but it doesn't need to be something that heavy for the GUI) >>> 4 - I have even thought about building an app that opens a swing >>> window that contains an embedded browser and jetty servlet running the >>> app so that I can use Wicket. Has anyone thought of or done this >>> before? >>> >>> Basically, it's a CRUD application, but containing personal data that >>> the user should not store on someone else's server. I would use an >>> embedded database that stores the data with encryption. >>> >>> Ideas? >>> >>> -- >>> Jeremy Thomerson >>> http://www.wickettraining.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
