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Re:Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for deskt... by thatjoeoverthr on Thursday March 24, 2022 @12:42PM (#30792311)
I’m surprised this is still a complaint, for two reasons. First, many major apps don’t bother having a native look and instead have their own skins. Second, Windows is such a mess that it no longer has an obvious standard look and feel anymore. This has been shown here recently screenshots. Microsoft’s own products, when not using custom skins, are using any of several “native” toolkits with their own aesthetics. None of them are particularly interesting so if it isn’t for consistency, there isn’t a strong reason to imitate any of them.
Re:Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for deskt... by hackerfromthefu on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:07PM (#30797620)
Yeah Windows has really shot the pooch this last decade.

It used to be so consistent and poweruser friendly.

Windows 11 has just broken a lot of the poweruser keyboard shortcuts for doing things, on top of all their ads, nagware, telemetry/stalking and various antifeatures, it's like they are begging power users to go to Linux.