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Themeing is not an excuse for ugliness, especially if no available themes look presentable. Yes, in theory, it could be awesome, but in practice, it is not. Al
by krakensden 17y ago
Themeing is not an excuse for ugliness, especially if no available themes look presentable. Yes, in theory, it could be awesome, but in practice, it is not.
Also, his examples really don't give enough context to show /why/ Tk themes are so bad.
- NikkiA 17y agoOf the 5 themes he shows, only the 'windows XP' styled one even looks remotely 'ok'. The rest make AWT-era java look pretty - Swing isn't perfect (certainly on the 'feel' portion of L&F), but it's a huge improvement over AWT. Still, Swing does prove a point, you CAN make an ugly UI more bearable by using themes alone, it doesn't make it an example of a beautiful UI, but it makes it bearable.