More desktop integration: the system tray
One more nice touch in the Java 6 offensive to the desktop is giving Java applications the ability to add icons to the system tray in a pretty... more »
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Hans's swan song
Sun loses another senior developer and the Swing team lose another to Abobe Flex.
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Java SwingBuilder: latest updates on binding, SwingWorker and validations
Latest updates on bean binding, SwingWorker integration for long running methods and bean validations. Java SwingBuilder is an attempt to bring... more »
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Desktop integration with Java 6
Java 6 tries hard to make Java applications easier to integrate in the desktop environment of various platforms. One of such welcome attempts is the... more »
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Processing.js
I've ported the Processing visualization language to JavaScript, using the Canvas element. I've been working on this project, off-and-on now, for the... more »
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LWUIT released at JavaOne
The Lightweight UI Toolkit was officially announced to the developer community during yesterday's JavaOne mobility keynote by Jeet Kaul (video and... more »
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Zebra Striping: Does it Really Help?
Many believe that zebra stripes aid the reader by guiding the eye along the row. However, despite being in use in both paper and electronic mediums... more »
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Swing links of the week: May 4, 2008
Here are some Swing links that you might have missed during this week
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Visible Borders in Designs
Brent says that he prefers a design without borders, though suggests some possible reasons in favor of using them: compensating for larger displays,... more »
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Swing abstraction layer
Collecting all my thoughts on swing UI abstraction layer. Everything is about how to make swing application fast, easy, on time in budget and with... more »
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Performance improvements in Substance 5
Looking at the comments on the announcement of release 4.3 of Substance look-and-feel, the three major pain points for the users are: performance,... more »
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@Bindable - Observable Properties for Groovy
Groovy's forthcoming AST Transformations feature tackles a common boilerplate template: bound JavaBeans properties.
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A swing component to crop images
Well, since everything have already been spoiled in the title of this post, here is the screenshot : Move and/or resize the rectangle to crop your... more »
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JavaBuilder for Swing : now with two-way binding support!
Latest updates to JavaBuilder for Swing, an attempt to bring dynamic language-level productivity (and even better) to Java programming, in particular... more »
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FlexGantt 1.1 Swing UI Framework
Release 1.1 of FlexGantt, the Gantt Charting framework for Java, is available for download now. FlexGantt is a commercial user interface framework... more »
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Coming soon: Swing for mobile Java, but better
For years, Java ME developers have faced difficult choices when it comes to application UIs. Because of the multitude of platform and device features... more »
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Going Agile? Another reason stream-based SCM tells a good story
Another feather in the cap for Agile using stream-based software configuration management (SCM)
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MiG Layout 3.5 - SWT/Swing LayoutManager
MiG Layout 3.5 is a Layout Manager for Swing and SWT that is very easy to use, yet extremely powerful when needed. It has a syntax that resembles CSS... more »
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Super Tables - new release v0.24 - html tables with fixed headers and more
Super Tables are large HTML tables enhanced with cross-browser fixed vertical and horizontal scrolling headers with custom skins and features. A... more »
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UI Matter: Make the simple things simple and hard things possible
IMHO, this tenet applies perfectly in how UI should be designed. Typically, the most direct way to use a UI control should result in the most awaited... more »
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Tips & Tricks | Space Around Component... | GUI Matisse Builder
When we launch an application which has certain Window Form’s, we might maximize/restore the window umpteen times. What if, on resizing that Window,... more »
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JavaBuilder for Swing : automatically populating variable references and introducing Javascript-style event handlers
Ongoing changes to the JavaBuilder concept, oriented towards bringing dynamic language-level productivity to UI creation in plain Java. Inspired by... more »
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Swing links of the week: April 27, 2008
Here are some Swing links that you might have missed during this week
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Matisse Meets Jython
JyMatisse lets you create GUI forms in Netbeans Matisse but write the backing code in Python. I've just posted the project over at JavaForge.
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Databinding XML in Silverlight 2
One of the things I miss in Silverlight ( from WPF ) is the ability to naturally bind to XML data and this discussion with Daniel prompted to wonder... more »
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