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looking for a new look and feelAs part of changes for the beta I've been exploring the area of Pluggable Look and Feels for Java. There aren't that many really, and most are not very complete. Javootoo is a good listing of the best-known (there are several more out there, like the Alloy L&F). One that I found that looks really good is the Skin Look and Feel. Alloy also looks nice, although a bit dated. Oyoaha is also interesting. And finally, the Simple L&F. I've been modifying one of the L&Fs from Skin, and it looks good. It's possible that a different look and feel might be the default for spaces, always having the option for reverting to "native" L&F. I think that wouldn't be too much of an impact for users, who are by now more used to seeing different UIs (Winamp, Quicktime, Media Player, games...) Categories: clevercactus, soft.devPosted by diego on March 26 2003 at 2:44 PM Comments (please see the comments & trackback policy).
Hi Diego, I'd recommend taking a look at the Alloy L&F http://www.incors.com/lookandfeel/ Also take a look at IntelliJ's IDEA development environment Of the two I actually prefer the IDEA l&f, I wonder if IntelliJ could be persuaded to let other people use it. Regards, Matt Posted by: Matt Mower at March 26, 2003 6:32 PMI just moved from Alloy over to the JGoodies Plastic L&F. A much cleaner PLAF and also comes along with a very amazing layout manager. BTW there both free and commerical releases.. Posted by: Mark Lussier at March 26, 2003 9:09 PMAmong these LnFs, the most customizable one is SLAF (aka Simple). You can change almost everything without programming. Hi diago deep
Don't forget Metouia MLF ! It's very clean. -christian Posted by: christian walker at October 8, 2003 8:37 PMCopyright © Diego Doval 2002-2007.
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