I have never been a big fan of Java's whole "Build Once, Run anywhere". Swing never looked liked it matched the OS the app was running on. If you wrote a java app, it looked like a java app on windows, and it looked like a java app on linux. This is definitely something that always bothered me about java. I think other people feel the same way. I checked out the enhancement log for jdk 1.4.2 and I saw this:
Release 1.4.2 includes many bug fixes and these major enhancements:
- The Microsoft Windows XP look and feel. If you are using the system look and feel on the Windows XP platform, Swing components now match the platform.
- The GTK+ look and feel. You can now customize your look and feel to a particular theme
Pasted from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/changes.html
I haven't tested it out, but it definitely seems a step in the right direction for java.
11:27:32 AM 
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