Comments on: Nimbus, Source Code and Demo

By: steffen

steffen — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:12:19 +0000

To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.

By: Jewel

Jewel — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:35:10 +0000

I have read alot of remarks expressing a dislike for the Nimbus scollbars. I have never seen scrollbars as unique and tasteful as these anywhere, and would advise to keep them. I would change the window decorations on InternalFrames, as they are not too original. The rest is excellent and the final touches are all that is necessary.

By: frengo

frengo — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:55:18 +0000

Very promising laf! Just a question, trying to use nimbus on my own project i was not able to set Dimension of JScrollBar. Are there any reasons for that ?
Thanks

By: peter

peter — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:36:36 +0000

IMAO the scrollbar thumb is goofy looking.

By: dhilshuk

dhilshuk — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:48:30 +0000

I am getting problem with JTable when using Nimbus LookAndFeel.
Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NullPointerException
at javax.swing.JTable.setSelectionBackground(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthTableUI.updateStyle(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthTableUI.installDefaults(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.installUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.setUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTable.setUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTable.updateUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTable.(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTable.(Unknown Source)
at org.ifl.swing.Test.Test.(Test.java:141)
at org.ifl.swing.Test.Test.main(Test.java:193)

By: dhilshuk

dhilshuk — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:47:38 +0000

Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NullPointerException
at javax.swing.JTable.setSelectionBackground(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthTableUI.updateStyle(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthTableUI.installDefaults(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.installUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.setUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTable.setUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTable.updateUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTable.(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTable.(Unknown Source)
at org.ifl.swing.Test.Test.(Test.java:141)
at org.ifl.swing.Test.Test.main(Test.java:193)

By: Nicola Ken Barozzi

Nicola Ken Barozzi — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:17:36 +0000

I’ve looked more closely at the screenshots of the look and feel and I’m now convinced that my concerns are mostly, if not all, due to the fact that the Swing version is not yet like the GTK one.

Sorry for the noise.

By: Nicola Ken Barozzi

Nicola Ken Barozzi — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:07:31 +0000

Romain: The problem is that I *like* the overall look and feel…

Tabs and window buttons are IMHO too rounded, and would be better having a less pronounced gradient. I think this is the reason I like the buttons and comboboxes instead.

The textfields are not rounded, and that again is nice and more pleasing with complex forms.

I like the screenshot with OpenOffice, but I dislike the SwingSet2 appearance…

The fact is that I’m convinced that Java on the Desktop needs a super look and feel to drive forward, and so I’m super critical on this one ;-)

By: Romain Guy

Romain Guy — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:58:42 +0000

Nicola: Unfortunately, this look and feel was bound not to please every one.

By: Nicola Ken Barozzi

Nicola Ken Barozzi — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:46:02 +0000

It’s a mixed bag: the tabs, the checkboxes, the scrollbars and part of the windows are utterly horrible, while buttons, sliders and radio buttons are really slick, although not completely refined.

It reminds me of Mozilla 1, which is not exactly cutting edge.

Compared to Synthetica BlueMoon, BlackMoon or OrangeMetallic it still seems too retro…