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Re: SynthLookAndFeel

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On Jan 25, 7:24 am, Luke Webber <l...@webber.com.au> wrote:
> Luke Webber wrote:
> > Andrew Thompson wrote:
> >> On Jan 24, 1:58 pm, "Timasmith" <timasm...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> On Jan 21, 12:18 am, "Andrew Thompson" <andrewtho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>https://substance.dev.java.net/webstart/test.jnlp
>
> >> Missed that.  Thanks.
>
> >>> It is over 1MB download but I guess that is one time.
>
> >> That seems to be their intent, given the JNLP includes
> >> the <offline-allowed/> element, not just once, but *twice*!
> >> ( They could use some tips on how to write good
> >> JNLP launch files.. )
>
> > Substance certainly looks impressive enough, but Man is it SLOW! Try
> > maximising that sicker and then rolling the mouse of over the "Big
> > Button" or one of the big "vertical buttons". Then set the LAF to
> > Windows and try the same thing.
>
> > I was starting to get fairly excited about Substance, but if it's
> > unusably slow on my system, I'd hate to think how it would run on some
> > of my customers' low-spec systems.
>
> > Still, it's interesting as an example of how far you can go in skinning
> > a Java app.Thinking about it, they've really only made two important mistakes...
>
> 1. They've chosen to give mouse-over feedback by repainting the whole
> control in a new colour, as opposed to simply drawing a focus effect
> around the edge.
>
> 2. They've showcased this with a demo that hasa some really, really BIG
> buttons. <g>
>
> Luke- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

Yeah but that is the demo, not the L&F.  I dont care about demo code 
because I write my own, its the implementation of UIManager stuff that 
is important.

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