On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 12:53:52PM -0500, Bob Tanner wrote: > On Thursday 24 April 2003 11:14 am, Matt Thoren wrote: > > Why not Java? > > Personally, java swing sucks. Java has a terrible UI. There are also > requirements on this current project that prevent usage of Java. $0.02: Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) [1] is an alternative Java UI toolkit that offers advantages over Swing. SWT was developed as a component of the open-source Eclipse IDE [2], and has helped make it possible to port the Eclipse IDE to multiple GUI environments, including Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Linux (x86/Motif), Linux (x86/GTK 2), Solaris 8 (SPARC/Motif), Mac OSX (Mac/Carbon), etc. [3]. [1]http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/main.html [2]http://www.eclipse.org/ [3]http://download.eclipse.org/downloads/drops/R-2.1-200303272130/index.php -- Joel Schneider IYXQA - www.yanxinqigong.net joel at joelschneider.net ISEE - www.i-see.org _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list