Changing the Look & Feel of Your Swing Application
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Changing the Look & Feel of Your Swing Application
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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
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