Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 22nd Oct 2006 18:12 UTC
Mustang is galloping into town. Also known as Java SE 6, Sun's latest incarnation of the Java 2 platform should arrive in its first non-beta release by the time you read this article. Jeff Friesen shows you why the many new features (from console I/O and access permissions control methods, to the system tray API and table sorting and filtering) that you now get to play with make Mustang an interesting release.
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RE[2]: But will it look good?
by someone on Mon 23rd Oct 2006 02:32
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Yes, the new version of Java/Swing uses native widgets on Windows.
No, it doesn't. The whole point about Swing is that it provides a set of managed (written in Java), cross-platform widgets that can be skinned to match the look of the native platform.
This being said, both the win32 LnF and the GTK LnF have improved significantly in Java 6 and both make use of the native theme engine to draw the widgets. This, along with the new Desktop API, improvements in font rendering and other items, should give a great boost to Java on the Desktop.
RE[3]: But will it look good?
by tmack on Mon 23rd Oct 2006 02:47
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Yes, the new version of Java/Swing uses native widgets on Windows.
So, a Swing application will fit in perfectly with all of the other applications on that platform. This is similar to how the Mac OS X version of Java/Swing fits in perfectly with other applications.
They have also made great improvements on Linux with GTK+, although I am not sure if it is emulated or if they are using native widgets there also.
Edited 2006-10-22 18:43