[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Will SWT for Cocoa still go on ?

[Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert B schrieb:
> "Tom Schindl" <tom.schindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:fsohvd$fs1$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Because plain SWT is more light weight?
> > Because there is this small little tiny thing called RCP?
> > Because there are people who don't know the Swing-API as well as they do 
> > the SWT one?
> > You have a product built SWT and want to run it on OS-X?
> >
> > There are many many other reasons not to use Swing on OS-X although I 
> > agree that Swing on OS-X looking really good because it comes from Apple 
> > :-)
>
> If SWT uses old Mac interfaces, I don't think it will justify for Mac.
> IMHO, SWT greately improves Swing on Windoes.
> On Linux, I think Swing is better, because Linux native interface is 
> terrible.
> On Mac, I found Swing is quite decent. If Mac SWT is still old interface,
> no point using it, don't you agree?
>
> R. 

I can only agree with the point that it would be great if SWT could use 
the Cocoa interface instead of carbon ones.

Tom

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Tom Schindl                                          JFace-Committer
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