Changing the Look & Feel of Your Swing Application

adam bien has been running a great series entitled "swing looks great", where he highlights some of the awesome swing look & feels that are available to breathe new life into your java application. it's been a while since i've used swing for an application, but the variety of l&f's available now mean that it stays relevant.

here's a rundown of some of the best examples that adam has provided so far.

• macwidget
  
  
• nimbus - already shipped with java6
  
• substance
  
  
• synthetica , free for non-commercial applications