The very latest in Java desktop news from the last week, covering Swing, JavaFX and Griffon.

This post shows how to use session handling in GWT, shows the client and server-side plumbing that is required to get this done nicely...esp. when you are using Spring, GWT-SL, Gilead

In an ideal world, each big subject from the software development process would be handed to a specialized professional: UI designers, programmers, architects, database administrators etc. Unfortunately, this is not the case most of times. There a plenty of cases out there where projects suffer from lack of proper expertise and well trained people

Synthetica V2.9 (Swing Look and Feel) comes along with a new theme called Synthetica BlackEye Look and Feel. Below you'll find a short summary of the most important highlights: rounded toplevel windows, smart background images, translucent disabled icons ... and more.

The task bar has some of the most visible improvements in Windows 7 - find out how to hugely increase the usability of your .NET applications by tapping into the taskbar functionality. Jump lists, thumbnail previews and thumbnail toolbars are all covered.

Hand drawn typography is hottest trend for graphic designers and typography lovers. You can use photoshop or Illistrator to create it from scracth. In this post I have awesome hand drawn type typography creations. I hope that you enjoy these examples of incredible hand-drawn typography.