AWT versus Swing

From	"Daniel Kraft" <daniel.kraft@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
Subject	AWT versus Swing
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Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.gui
Date	2011-04-27 15:35 +0000
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Hi all,

I apologize as I believe this could probably be a very common question.
But I wasn't able to find *really* what I was looking for searching the 
internet so far.

I've all times used AWT for UIs in Java, despite the fact that all the 
other world seems to be using Swing.  I do not really "need" these fancy 
Java-look and instead prefer the plain, platform-common look instead; 
also, I think Swing is really sensible slower than AWT and if your 
platform already has fast and stable widgets, why not use them?

On the other hand, I already read some rumours that AWT will be 
deprecated somewhere in the future, which I can't believe as Swing is 
based on AWT, AFAIK.

So do you guys have any information/comments/corrections about my 
assumptions or any real objections against using AWT or are there even 
others who prefer AWT, too?

Yours,
Daniel

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AWT versus Swing "Daniel Kraft" <daniel.kraft@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:35 +0000
  Re: AWT versus Swing "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:35 +0000
  Re: AWT versus Swing "Andrew Thompson" <andrew.thompson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:35 +0000

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