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

[Mark Derricutt]

Also, "Java" didn't "drop" Swing.   IBM developed the SWT library which is
used by the Eclipse IDE and RCP framework.  Sun is still very much behind
Swing.  Swing's new GTK LookAndFeel is using native Gtk widgets and is
looking VERY nice.

On 11/24/05, Trejkaz <trejkaz at trypticon.org> wrote:
>
> > agreed, tcl/tk looks ugly.  gtk is fairly ugly too.  Only really Qt is
> > starting to look pretty.  (under win32).  Notice Java dropped their
> > horrid Swing toolkit in preference for native widgets (which makes
> > apps like Azeureus look practically native)
>
> Actually, this is almost exactly the opposite of what really happened.
> They originally had native widgets (AWT) and replaced it with the much
> better and more flexible Swing.
>
> TX
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