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vendredi juin 08, 2007

I've been using Nimbus for a while...

...and the final version too.

I was reading Jasper Pott's blog which has mostly very enthusiastic reactions and people commenting about how some things will just not be usable (mainly scrollbars). Well, I've been using Solaris Express which comes with the (GTK Nimbus theme) for a little while now and I must say that I really love the scrollbars (even them being a bit buggy). I'd encourage you to try Solaris Express (or a recent update to Solaris 10) and see for yourself.

So now that you know my preferences, the Java Nimbus look-n-feel doesn't have to be the exact same copy as the Solaris GTK theme and I'm sure Jasper and friends will listen to all your tastes ;).

( juin 08 2007, 09:22:39 AM CEST ) Permalink Comments [2]

Comments:

Honestly, Java needs a nicer look and feel than Nimbus to become a killer platform on the desktop. Nimbus is quite nice on Solaris but on other platforms it's rather average. Still a big improvement compared to Metal though :)

Posted by Roman Strobl on juin 08, 2007 at 12:54 PM CEST #

Any inspiration/suggestion on what a killer would be?

Posted by Alexis MP on juin 08, 2007 at 01:23 PM CEST #