Re: Thinlets...any good?

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necessarily see responses like this before I post.  :/

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On Mar 21, 2004, at 12:51 AM, Wolf Paulus wrote:

> Thinlet is a great alternative to Swing/SWT, especially if you need to 
> keep the deployment size really small or your target platform is below 
> JRE 1.4
> In Theodore 1.x I had to make small modification on the Thinlet core. 
> Therefore, I know it is possible but not easy.
> Extensibility got a lot better. look for the common package in the 
> release that came out just this month.
> Tables are supported but you have to create and attach your own models 
> (like you would do for all other widgets too).
> Laying out your components is really easy - especially if you use a 
> tool like the Theodore Thinlet Editor ;-)
> http://www.carlsbadcubes.com/theodore/
>
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> On Mar 19, 2004, at 5:35 PM, Kevin Duffey wrote:
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>> Hey all,
>>
>> I know this is off topic, sorry. Always interested in
>> SWT/Swing arguments, and I have seen thinlets a couple
>> of times. The site is a bit hard to follow. So I am
>> hoping Wolf, and anyone else who knows, you don't mind
>> answering a couple questions?
>>
>> Thinlets, as i understand it is a GUI replacement for
>> swing/swt, is that correct?
>>
>>> From what I can tell, it looks like the thinlets api
>> has all the normal widgets. Does it support tables and
>> trees? If so, to what extent are they like the swing
>> versions? Do they support swappable table models, etc?
>>
>> If I were to use thinlets to build an application
>> with, is it fairly robust to handle all types of apps,
>> or is it really geared towards simple apps?
>>
>> How extensible is the api? Can I make my own
>> components, with paint methods, etc? Does it follow
>> the same premise of a main JFrame type of window, and
>> everything else is lightweight? I can add stuff to
>> panels, containers, etc? Does it have a layout manager
>> type of setup?
>>
>> I am interested in using thinlets, especially with my
>> plugin engine to provide a very small, fast UI
>> alternative to using Swing/SWT, but only if it is
>> capable of handling the majority of applications that
>> would be written using Swing/SWT.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
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