Zetes: A lightweight cross-platform GUI application framework for Java

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Post by medeu » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 3:42 PM UTC

Zetes: A lightweight cross-platform GUI application framework for Java
github.com

Re: Zetes: A lightweight cross-platform GUI application framework for Java

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Post by medeu » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 3:42 PM UTC

There is a blog post in russian: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev...

Re: Zetes: A lightweight cross-platform GUI application framework for Java

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Post by Tloewald » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 4:36 PM UTC

This actually looks intriguing. Some links to screenshots or sample programs would be nice.

Re: Zetes: A lightweight cross-platform GUI application framework for Java

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Post by cwyers » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

medeu wrote: post #2

There is a blog post in russian: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev...

The screenshot for the TinyViewer on Windows shows why this sort of thing is difficult to pull off well. The File drop-down doesn't align where it should, it hangs off to the left. The Window drop-down is far, far worse.

Re: Zetes: A lightweight cross-platform GUI application framework for Java

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Post by alexndl » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 4:45 PM UTC

Tloewald wrote: post #3

This actually looks intriguing. Some links to screenshots or sample programs would be nice.

Zetes Examples: https://github.com/bigfatbrowncat/zetes-examples

Re: Zetes: A lightweight cross-platform GUI application framework for Java

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Post by notastartup » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 5:23 PM UTC

After my horrible experience building a desktop cross platform app in Swing GUI, I vowed to never use Java. I wonder how Zetes addresses the problems with Swing.

Re: Zetes: A lightweight cross-platform GUI application framework for Java

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Post by DigitalJack » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 5:38 PM UTC

notastartup wrote: post #6

After my horrible experience building a desktop cross platform app in Swing GUI, I vowed to never use Java. I wonder how Zetes addresses the problems with Swing.

perhaps if you gave some examples of your issues with swing, you'd find out.

Re: Zetes: A lightweight cross-platform GUI application framework for Java

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Post by lucian1900 » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 5:43 PM UTC

notastartup wrote: post #6

After my horrible experience building a desktop cross platform app in Swing GUI, I vowed to never use Java. I wonder how Zetes addresses the problems with Swing.

By using SWT instead of Swing, it would seem.

Re: Zetes: A lightweight cross-platform GUI application framework for Java

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Post by tzm » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 5:46 PM UTC

alexndl wrote: post #5

Tloewald wrote: post #3

This actually looks intriguing. Some links to screenshots or sample programs would be nice.

Zetes Examples: https://github.com/bigfatbrowncat/zetes-examples

Here's a compiled app (Mac): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3784302/OldLand.app.zip

Re: Zetes: A lightweight cross-platform GUI application framework for Java

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Post by abengoam » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 5:53 PM UTC

notastartup wrote: post #6

After my horrible experience building a desktop cross platform app in Swing GUI, I vowed to never use Java. I wonder how Zetes addresses the problems with Swing.

Any concrete example of issues with Swing, or just general discomfort?