[jdev] Open src implemention of Jabber Client, which is best?

Phil Wilson jdev at philwilson.org
Wed Nov 23 14:37:24 CST 2005


On 23/11/05, Norman Rasmussen <norman at rasmussen.co.za> wrote:
> Notice Java dropped their
> horrid Swing toolkit in preference for native widgets (which makes
> apps like Azeureus look practically native)

This isn't quite true.

IBM released a Java UI toolkit called SWT several years ago which uses
platform-native widgets; this is what Azureus uses. Normal Java
desktop apps still use the platform-agnostic Swing.

Phil


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