Of 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

Of 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.