[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: [ANN] SWTPlus, custom widgets for SWT

["Joe Smith" <ohcho@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I doubt that you will get enough wage from SWTPlus sales.
Simply there aren't many commercial Java GUI system development.
I guess mostly they fled to VB/VC++. I might be heading that
direction in future.

People learning will not be able to pay the bill until they get a
employer which is likely difficult at least for the time being.
So try to integrate into Eclipse project will be better idea.
Just give them free!

Regards.



"Chris" <schtoo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:d7lo1e$1og$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Kris,
>
> Potentially.  We've thought about it.  But alot of the work on these 
> widgets is non-trivial.  We are hoping at some point to make a small 
> amount of money just to pay for all the time we've put in (and will put 
> in), albeit likely a small amount.
>
> We've tried to embrace an open design model, where you can extend our 
> widgets. I'd be really excited if developers would spend the time to build 
> these extensions and we'd support and keep those open.  So we're trying to 
> do the best of both worlds.
>
> We hope to have an article out shortly on how to create extensions (we 
> call strategies) to our PGroup widgets.
>
> -Chris
>
> "Kris" <fu@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:d7lnh1$1bn$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Will you consider making these open-source?
>>
>> - Kris
>>
>>
>> "Chris" <schtoo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:d7llr0$vea$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> There were just a few features I wanted with a link widget that I don't
>> get
>>> from the 3.1 link widget.  They are:
>>>
>>> Optionally underline the widget on hover, or to not underline at all.
>>> Ability to specify an image.  Sure you can show an image separately and
>>> align it with the link but thats annoying.
>>> Ability to specify an image only to create a simple image 
>>> selector/button.
>>> Ability to remove the focus rectangle from the link widget.
>>>
>>> Most of this functionality exists in the Forms ImageHyperlink but that
>> class
>>> is tied heavily to the Forms implementation (that is, the API is not 
>>> easy
>> to
>>> use).  Also, it is painful to use Forms in a base SWT application.
>>>
>>> Granted, the link widget alone isn't that exciting.  There will be lots
>> more
>>> to come.  In the next few weeks we should release an extensible combo
>>> widget, an enhanced list widget and a date widget.
>>>
>>> -Chris
>>>
>>>
>>> "Daniel Spiewak" <djspiewak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:d7lk2r$tks$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Why the hyperlink widget?  There's already a hyperlink widget in the 3.1
>>> release.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>> Chris wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'd like to announce the initial release of SWTPlus.  SWTPlus is a set 
>>> of
>>> custom widgets for SWT.  Currently, we have two widgets but more will be
>>> coming soon.
>>>
>>> Please drop by and take a look.
>>>
>>> http://www.swtplus.com
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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