Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for desktop/web?

Re:Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for deskt... by warning26 on Thursday March 24, 2022 @12:18PM (#30791991)

> The problem with all these desktop UI toolkits is they have a look and feel all of their own (IMHO). You can make buttons look like Windows buttons on Windows and OSX buttons on OSX but that's only superficially cross-platform.

Exactly this -- every cross platform GUI toolkit ends up falling into an uncanny valley where it looks sort of native but subtle things are just off.

This is, I think, a key part of Electron's popularity. Apps made with Electron are so very obviously non-native that they avoid this uncanny valley effect.

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Re:Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for deskt... by Macha on Thursday March 24, 2022 @01:12PM (#30792698)

Also for desktop apps, Windows is such an inconsistent mess that who knows what's native anymore, and that is the largest platform from a visual point of view, while at least electron doesn't get in your way from an integration and accessibility point of view

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