Adobe Air for Ajax Developers review
A review done by a Java developer of the Adobe Air for Ajax Developers platform for developping Rich Internet Applications.
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Java Swing fonts in Java 6u10 : B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L.!
Java 6u10 really delivers for Windows users in terms of Swing fidelity. Linux users are not far behind with the improvements in OpenJDK 7.
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The Perils of FUI: Fake User Interface
As a software developer, tell me if you've ever done this: 1. Taken a screenshot of something on the desktop 2. Opened it in a graphics... more »
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10 Futuristic User Interfaces
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Below we present 10 recent developments in the field of user experience design. Most techniques may seem very futuristic, but some of them are already... more »
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A Better Applet Experience, Part 1: a custom loading screen
You may have heard that JavaSE 6 update 10 is supposed to improve the experience of applets. You may have even seen the demos of dragging and dropping... more »
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40 CSS Web Form Style Tutorials For Web Developers
When developing a project it's important to have a good form input structure throughout, most commonly used forms will tend to be Login, Register and... more »
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Java GUI finally looks AWESOME !
Java GUI finally looks AWESOME ! With Java 1.6 Update 10 beta everything in Swing is like SWT and native components. Everything is smooth.
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Designing Information Dashboards
Information Dashboards could be defined as the interface for information systems, for example, displaying quality control measurments and the result... more »
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YUI 3.0 Preview Release 1
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The YUI team is pleased to announce the public availability of YUI 3.0 Preview Release 1, an early look at what we’re working on for the next... more »
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The Ultimate Guide to Designing with Black
Whether you’re a student designer learning the tricks of the trade, a web designer looking to delve into the world of print or an accomplished... more »
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Using JavaFX objects from within Java: a very bad joke from Sun
Accessing JavaFX from Java...so bad it just boggles the mind.
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Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox: Year's 10 Best Application UIs
Many winners employ dashboards to give users a single overview of complex information and use lightboxes to ensure that users notice dialogs. Also,... more »
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Printing to Plotters in Java
One of the things our customers love to do is print our beautiful object graphs and tape them to the wall for discussion. What they hate to do is... more »
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JavaFX: The Hidden Threading Rule
The following post is the result of my latest JavaFx Script experiments mixed with Stu's Java.Next series (1,2). Alright, so Stu decides to showcase... more »
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jSilhouette: demo screenshots and code
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jSilhouette includes a demo application for each one of its subprojects (geom, scene & jfx) showing the shapes in action. This post is a recollection... more »
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What reading Tufte won’t teach you: Interface design guidelines
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Edward Tufte’s books do a beautiful job of illustrating how to present huge amounts of information clearly and simply. Well presented information is... more »
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Firefox Ubiquity: Commanding Your Browser
The beauty of today's search engines is their simplicity. Type a few keywords into an empty box, and see the 10 most relevant results. This week,... more »
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25 Super Cool Paper Inspired Website Designs
One of my favourite ’styles’ in web design is one that takes inspiration from traditional media such as paper and cardboard. Using scans and images... more »
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SpringRCP IntelliJ SimpleApp
Yesterday I was going through this SpringRCP Tutorial. It is looking quite promising. My only real problem is that the only plugin available is for... more »
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Runaway processing [Scala]
Once upon a time there was a graphical programming princess named Processing. She conjured the most beautiful animations and interactive art in all... more »
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Swing Extreme Testing
This is not your typical, simplistic testing book. We start where the other books leave off. If you've ever wondered how to write an automated swing... more »
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Swing Application Framework (JSR-296): new concepts, new features
Nice overview of the new JSR 296 Swing Application Framework
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Enhancing Flamingo’s ribbon component
The goal of Flamingo project is to provide a small and cohesive set of powerful UI components with functionality similar to or superseding that of... more »
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Ultimate Website Navigations
Here are some examples of very very creative horizontal and vertical website navigations.
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Visual Studio Theme Generator
A fun little ASP.NET MVC Application I wrote to generate Visual Studio themes based off of 3 given colors. I have always felt that selecting every... more »
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