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By bloid
via shemnon.com
Published: Jan 19 2007 / 10:12
No one can now claim that Elliotte Rusty Harold is an Eclipse Fanboy or on IBM's payroll, because he has made a very important observation that has turned the "Eclipse is better because of SWT" argument on it's ear.
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ronslow replied ago:
One further thought on the SWT v Swing debate. I run an application on a Tablet PC with pen entry. SWT enables the pop-up prompt to open the handwriting panel which you get with native applications. With the Swing version, I have to open the handwriting panel manually. Small point, but makes a big difference to a user.
daniel replied ago:
That is the benefit of fully native controls. I'd be curious to see if Java 6.0 opens the prompt, since AFAIK they've moved a bit closer to native peers (though really there yet since what they're actually using is an off-screen peer for all text controls).
daniel replied ago:
I disagree with the premise, since I can't find a single place where NetBeans is more native than Eclipse - especially on Linux. Has anyone actually *tried* to use NetBeans on Linux? It's either absolutely unusable, or absolutely non-native. Take your pick.
It's also worth noting that between sliders, non-opaque text fields and table headers, the Java 6.0 GTKLookAndFeel has disapointed me tremendously. Yes, on Windows SWT and Swing are almost indistinguishable in terms of look and performance (as of Java 6.0), but on Linux Swing has a long way to go.
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