On 31/05/2010, at 2:04 PM, lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca wrote: > Two alternatives seem to gather some support, Swing and SWT. Now what are > the > cost/benefits of choosing SWT ?
See below. > What value brings SWT ? > > a) Performance ? Maybe a few years ago but presently > Swing and SWT are similar in terms of performance in general. Not my experience, but YMMV, and in any case not the deciding factor for me. > c) Cosmetic aspect ? SWT "wins" for its ability to look like other apps > on a given platform. Swing offers a uniform look and feel. > > So the only "feature" offered by SWT if I follow your point is c). > At what cost ? Well, I'd argue that it's more than cosmetic, which I take you to mean pejoratively. In fact I place an enormous value on this point, for what seems to me to be a slight cost (and the major one is manual management of resource lifetime, not deployment). > Back to "why does producing software has to be more painful than necessary" > and "what value brings SWT overall". I guess we just differ in our assessment of 'necessary' and 'value' in this paragraph. > >> >>> Were not in the cosmetics business however so we speak for our business >>> (cross-platform, cross-language, cross-....) >> >> You are begging the question then. > > Swing has prove itself up to know (and improved a lot), why get entangled > in a complex process with all the above ramifications ? > > Simplicity as some value. You should meditate a bit on this. I'm a big fan of simplicity. However there are two sayings that come to mind: 1. Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Albert Einstein) 2. For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple - and wrong (H. L. Mencken). Antony Blakey ------------- CTO, Linkuistics Pty Ltd Ph: 0438 840 787 In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
