tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post112317355995465007..comments2023-05-26T09:52:30.568-04:00Comments on This Old Blog: Java 6 and one area where Eclipse is better than NetBeansBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-1127709950190030372005-09-26T00:45:00.000-04:002005-09-26T00:45:00.000-04:00Development builds of NetBeans 5.0 do use subpixel...Development builds of NetBeans 5.0 do use subpixel antialiasing and look great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-1123563876705910482005-08-09T01:04:00.000-04:002005-08-09T01:04:00.000-04:00GTK is a widget API that has little to do with whe...GTK is a widget API that has little to do with whether something is ugly. Your *theme* may be ugly but GTK isn't. <BR/><BR/>Like it or not, Swing is using native rendering in 1.6 because SWT raised the bar for desktop Java applications. The competition is good for Java. The tired anti-SWT FUD is not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-1123446140739086902005-08-07T16:22:00.000-04:002005-08-07T16:22:00.000-04:00Nice article Bill. I don't see what people are com...Nice article Bill. I don't see what people are complaining about because you clearly state that you're using the production versions and that you feel like the situation will improve on the NB side. Besides, most of the article wasn't about NB or Eclipse anyway, but that seems to have touched a sensitive spot.Ed Burnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602922769425368599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-1123442813051345412005-08-07T15:26:00.001-04:002005-08-07T15:26:00.001-04:00I agree with some other commenters that mentioned ...I agree with some other commenters that mentioned that you should turn on/use AA in Netbeans before jumping to any conclusions.<BR/><BR/>I also agree with the Javalobby guy about SWT on platforms other than Windows. It's broken on Mac OS X, and sub-par on Linux. SWT is okay if you're targeting Windows-only and don't care that much about cross-platform. If you're at all interested in good cross-platform apps, then Swing is the way to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-1123442801618894952005-08-07T15:26:00.000-04:002005-08-07T15:26:00.000-04:00>> I have to use Eclipse on GTK and its ugly and s...>> I have to use Eclipse on GTK and its ugly and slow.<BR/><BR/>GTK is ugly to begin with. As far as using Eclipse on Linux is concerned (and I'm assuming you are talking about Linux) I've used both NetBeans and Eclipse on Fedora Core 3, Fedora Core 4, and Ubuntu 5.04 with Java 5 and they perform equally (fast or slow, it's your call).Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-1123439058811985882005-08-07T14:24:00.000-04:002005-08-07T14:24:00.000-04:00I think before posting trollish stuff in forums li...I think before posting trollish stuff in forums like javalobby.org I would inform myself.<BR/><BR/>NetBeans does not work out of the box with Mustang's new font-rendering, since they set some own properties which override the SubPixel-AA property. There are already builds available which support mustang.<BR/><BR/>Btw. if you've ever worked with Eclipse on other operating systems than windows you would know why SWT is a rather bad idea. I have to use Eclipse on GTK and its ugly and slow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-1123271645071380882005-08-05T15:54:00.000-04:002005-08-05T15:54:00.000-04:00>> but I just don't see it.The problem is that blo...>> but I just don't see it.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that blogspot converted my very clear PNGs into very blurry jpegs. I'll need to try this again over the weekend with a different set of images *sigh*Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-1123270879438099162005-08-05T15:41:00.000-04:002005-08-05T15:41:00.000-04:00A good idea, though I think they may be ahead of y...A good idea, though I think they may be ahead of you on this. I heard netbeans was being used as a test bed for several of the bits and pieces in mustang.<BR/><BR/>As to the side-by-side comparison of text rendering: perhaps I'm a bit young and my eyes too good, perhaps the display on the laptop I'm working on doesn't emphasize the difference properly, but I just don't see it.Rich Ungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541340548025935502noreply@blogger.com