Comments on: Best Java Swing Look and Feel Themes | Top 10 http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/ iPhone, Android, mobile, Technology news Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Undefeatedleader http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-23270 Undefeatedleader Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-23270 can u plz tell me how do i apply these downloaded look and feel in my java application/// can u plz tell me how do i apply these downloaded look and feel in my java application///

]]> By: Louis http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-23264 Louis Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:57:00 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-23264 could you update the links to Substance above? could you update the links to Substance above?

]]> By: Darshan Namdar http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-22005 Darshan Namdar Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:09:00 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-22005 I have downloaded the above 2 look and feels ,,,,,, but how can i apply those look and feels for my applications ? I have downloaded the above 2 look and feels ,,,,,, but how can i apply those look and feels for my applications ?

]]> By: Dave http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-20648 Dave Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:08:00 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-20648 And trendy look and feel! http://pienoware.com/lookandfeel/ And trendy look and feel! http://pienoware.com/lookandfeel/

]]> By: Chris http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-14101 Chris Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:53:28 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-14101 I think that one is dead. The web site is long gone, and my emails to the developer now bounce. I think that one is dead. The web site is long gone, and my emails to the developer now bounce.

]]> By: Falk Lumo http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-10271 Falk Lumo Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:05:14 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-10271 Why didn't you include the Alloy L&F from Incors?<br><a href="http://lookandfeel.incors.com/" rel="nofollow">http://lookandfeel.incors.com/</a><br><br>Agreed, it is from 2003. But it works rather nice ;) Why didn't you include the Alloy L&F from Incors?
http://lookandfeel.incors.com/

Agreed, it is from 2003. But it works rather nice ;)

]]> By: mmuday http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-5576 mmuday Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:14:23 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-5576 I second the recommendation for Synthetica, particularly WhiteVision, Simple2D, and BlackEye.<br>Also, substance can also look pretty good, particularly with the more subdued skins (e.g., Business Black Steel). There's a lot of attention to detail if you look closely.<br><br>And one more quite respectable commercial L&F, Alloy (which is used with JetBrain's IDE, Idea) <a href="http://lookandfeel.incors.com/" rel="nofollow">http://lookandfeel.incors.com/</a> I second the recommendation for Synthetica, particularly WhiteVision, Simple2D, and BlackEye.
Also, substance can also look pretty good, particularly with the more subdued skins (e.g., Business Black Steel). There's a lot of attention to detail if you look closely.

And one more quite respectable commercial L&F, Alloy (which is used with JetBrain's IDE, Idea) http://lookandfeel.incors.com/

]]> By: William Louth http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-5458 William Louth Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:59:32 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-5458 JXInsight uses underneath a Metal Look and Feel with a custom color scheme, config properties, and well thought-out layout and bordering to achieve a look that I think has not been bettered in the Java world (at least in the technology domain we operate in).<br><br><a href="http://www.jinspired.com/products/jxinsight/new-in-5.5.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.jinspired.com/products/jxinsight/new...</a><br><a href="http://www.jinspired.com/products/jxinsight/new-in-5.1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.jinspired.com/products/jxinsight/new...</a> JXInsight uses underneath a Metal Look and Feel with a custom color scheme, config properties, and well thought-out layout and bordering to achieve a look that I think has not been bettered in the Java world (at least in the technology domain we operate in).

http://www.jinspired.com/products/jxinsight/new…
http://www.jinspired.com/products/jxinsight/new…

]]> By: James http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-5457 James Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:40:50 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-5457 The download link for pgs look and feel is not correct. Pgs look and feel's home page is <a href="https://pgslookandfeel.dev.java.net/" rel="nofollow">https://pgslookandfeel.dev.java.net/</a>.<br><br>More over, you can add alloy look and feel, synthetica, nimrod etc to the list The download link for pgs look and feel is not correct. Pgs look and feel's home page is https://pgslookandfeel.dev.java.net/.

More over, you can add alloy look and feel, synthetica, nimrod etc to the list

]]> By: Indra http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-5456 Indra Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:39:20 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-5456 Most of these Look and Feel are great! Note that Nimbus is out of the box with JDK 6 update 10 and is pretty decent too. The person who said that these look and feel are watchable obviously has no concern for good user interface and is interested only in badmouthing java. Does he realize that a lot of usability experts and developers have put hours of genuine work together behind these look and feel? Labelling them as watchable is an insult to those people. Can he/she show example of some good user interface design instead?<br><br>- Indra Most of these Look and Feel are great! Note that Nimbus is out of the box with JDK 6 update 10 and is pretty decent too. The person who said that these look and feel are watchable obviously has no concern for good user interface and is interested only in badmouthing java. Does he realize that a lot of usability experts and developers have put hours of genuine work together behind these look and feel? Labelling them as watchable is an insult to those people. Can he/she show example of some good user interface design instead?

- Indra

]]> By: Developer Dude http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-5455 Developer Dude Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:19:05 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-5455 Some of the L&Fs are nice, and it is nice to know about them, however, 'trendy' is highly overrated and not recommended for most apps. If you look at most non-Java apps, they use the native L&F because they are typically native apps using native UI SDKs. Besides not being the odd person out (and therefore always having some percentage of your target audience reject your app for that reason), there are usability reasons for sticking with the native L&F unless there are compelling reasons to do otherwise (and not just because you think the new look is 'trendy' - actually, trendy is the main trend of native L&F, not something that is different).<br><br>This is a pet peeve of mine because many devs use a non-native/non-standard L&F in their Swing apps and this causes a knee jerk reaction of Java Swing apps in general. Sun has done some hard work to make the native L&Fs look and feel more native for a reason - take advantage of that fact. Some of the L&Fs are nice, and it is nice to know about them, however, 'trendy' is highly overrated and not recommended for most apps. If you look at most non-Java apps, they use the native L&F because they are typically native apps using native UI SDKs. Besides not being the odd person out (and therefore always having some percentage of your target audience reject your app for that reason), there are usability reasons for sticking with the native L&F unless there are compelling reasons to do otherwise (and not just because you think the new look is 'trendy' – actually, trendy is the main trend of native L&F, not something that is different).

This is a pet peeve of mine because many devs use a non-native/non-standard L&F in their Swing apps and this causes a knee jerk reaction of Java Swing apps in general. Sun has done some hard work to make the native L&Fs look and feel more native for a reason – take advantage of that fact.

]]> By: ac http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-5454 ac Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:49:23 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-5454 Don't forget JGoodies! <a href="http://www.jgoodies.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.jgoodies.com</a> Don't forget JGoodies! http://www.jgoodies.com

]]> By: Yanic http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-5453 Yanic Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:42:35 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-5453 Synthetica is very nice I think, especially the WhiteVision theme!<br><a href="http://javasoft.de/jsf/public/products/synthetica" rel="nofollow">http://javasoft.de/jsf/public/products/synthetica</a><br><br>It's the one I used for Trace Modeler (check sig link) Synthetica is very nice I think, especially the WhiteVision theme!
http://javasoft.de/jsf/public/products/synthetica

It's the one I used for Trace Modeler (check sig link)

]]> By: Andreas Schipplock http://geeknizer.com/best-java-swing-look-and-feel-themes-professional-casual-top-10/#comment-5419 Andreas Schipplock Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:50:40 +0000 http://geeknizer.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-5419 oh, great and I always thought swing has to look that horrible :)...great post...I perhaps can make use of it...thanks! oh, great and I always thought swing has to look that horrible :) …great post…I perhaps can make use of it…thanks!

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