Star Desktop Java with SWT: an interview with Steve Northover
Linked by Andy Roberts on Thu 16th Jun 2005 19:50 UTC
Original OSNews Interviews I've been fortunate enough recently to be in contact with Steve Northover. Despite him being very busy with SWT and the forthcoming release of Eclipse, I've managed to grab some of his time to answer some of my questions. To clarify from the outset, the views expressed by Steve are his own and not those of his employer.
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SWT looks so damn good...:)
by Fozzie on Thu 16th Jun 2005 20:42 UTC

I wish "Java Faces" or whatever "the higher framework" above SWT is was a bit more "fleshed" out.. it's still no swing API. You have to give Sun credit for a very well designed GUI API. It really is top-notch even if it doesn't look great:)


But even with the Mustang b39 "the subpixel build" not as good as cleartype. but i'm a sticler for fonts"). the trick on linux is "medium-hint". rayiner knows about this stuff. freetype is no cleartype, but still looks better than swing post-b39.

I'll give them a big break for finally getting it into swing. How many years have we all been using LCDs now? really.