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It works fine for cross platform tools where how good the GUI looks is not a concern. As an example the last such app I seen was a tool to cleanup some save gam
by simion314 7y ago
It works fine for cross platform tools where how good the GUI looks is not a concern. As an example the last such app I seen was a tool to cleanup some save games for a video game that was Windows and Mac so the person that made the tool used Java and Mac users could benefit of the tool, For Windows only games most such tools use .Net and Windows Forms.
- pjmlp 7y agoGood GUIs are possible, just that not everyone bothers to read books like "Filthy rich clients", having a designer on their team, or shelling out for component libraries like JGoodies.
- simion314 7y agoWhat I mean is "good looking GUIs" , as a dev when I create a basic tool , something that are not for customers to see and complain about I don't care about fonts,paddings, "professional looking design" , you get your buttons and inputs and job is done. The tool I use daily for making money is Intellij, I don't f* care that the menus and buttons do not match my DEs, I would also prefer programs that use the system defaults rather then try to implement a better theming with custom buttons,colors and whatever some designer with big ego thinks is cool today(I can't understand why they like slim fonts with low contrast colors)