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I'm not quite going to downvote you for this, just share my observation that I have never, once, used a Java app which has what I would consider a "native look
by samatman 6y ago
I'm not quite going to downvote you for this, just share my observation that I have never, once, used a Java app which has what I would consider a "native look and feel" for macOS.
Better than Electron? Sure. But native? Not even close.
Perhaps it's different on other platforms; I wouldn't know.
- pjmlp 6y agoBecause the lazy devs haven't read books like this, http://filthyrichclients.org/ http://filthyrichclients.org/ Or willng to shell out money to frameworks like this, http://www.jgoodies.com/ http://www.jgoodies.com/
- samatman 6y agoWell I'm not a desktop Java developer anymore (thank the Gods) so I'll just take your word for it. On a practical level, is there some example of a Java app which I could download and try out for native look and feel? See if my custom menu items show up, if I can drag a document window bar icon onto another application, basic stuff like that?
- cosmotic 6y agoIDEA and related products are written in java and look and feel native to some degree. CyberDuck is java. Most developers don't know its so so easy to just toggle the look and feel to be native. A lot of app designers decide non-native even when it's native code, see adobe products.