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Re: New in Java 7: JLayer

From	Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: New in Java 7: JLayer
Date	2011-05-20 00:56 +0100
Organization	Stack Usenet News Service
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On Thu, 19 May 2011, Lew wrote:

> On 05/19/2011 02:07 PM, markspace wrote:
>
>> I just saw this in the Java 7 API and it looks pretty cool. It's a new 
>> lighter weight way to modify the Look and Feel of Java Swing 
>> components:
>> 
>> <http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/jlayer.html>
>
> You could use it for Hanna-Barbera-style animation, a.k.a. 
> Commodore-64-style animation, a.k.a. sprites.  You could animate the 
> scene out the side window of a car or train - a near layer with 
> fast-moving sprites, a medium-distance layer with moderately-fast-moving 
> sprites, and a distant layer with a slow-moving background.

Man, and i thought Swing-based UIs were bad already.

tom

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  Re: New in Java 7: JLayer Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-19 15:37 -0400
    Re: New in Java 7: JLayer Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-20 00:56 +0100
  Re: New in Java 7: JLayer Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2011-05-19 22:29 +0200
  Re: New in Java 7: JLayer jebblue <n@n.nnn> - 2011-05-19 21:45 -0500
    Re: New in Java 7: JLayer "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2011-05-19 20:54 -0700
      Re: New in Java 7: JLayer jebblue <n@n.nnn> - 2011-05-20 18:17 -0500
      Re: New in Java 7: JLayer "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2011-05-21 11:26 +1000
        Re: New in Java 7: JLayer "Richard Maher" <maher_rj@hotspamnotmail.com> - 2011-05-22 15:05 +0800
          Re: New in Java 7: JLayer Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-22 19:32 +1200
            Re: New in Java 7: JLayer Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-22 07:44 -0400
      Re: New in Java 7: JLayer Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-22 19:31 +1200
        Re: New in Java 7: JLayer Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-22 07:48 -0400

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