Article:		Make Your Swing App Go Native, Part 1
Subject:		More is Less
Date:		2003-12-14 22:45:50
From:		jonasolsson
In our company we're finding that the bigger the app the less platform specifics are needed. That is, if your app is the main app for your end-users the lack of native whiz-bang "goes away": - If all they use is your app and Outlook the flashing task bar is extremely seldom used - If the app is a GUI one, system tray becomes mostly unnecessary - We find ourselves implementing our own L&F to "better" the native one (e.g. highlighting fields with focus) It is more important with a bigger app to keep functionality up rather than native streamlining. We have no time to keep up with how a window manager changes with our hands full of RFEs. Note: I do not think this is a bad article, just that it might not apply in too many cases ...