I had to code some applets those days. Applets as little apps... not web applets. Really small fat clients. So I had to make them look pretty. This was the hard part. I am not a very talented graphics designer so I had to figure out how to deal with:
1. Ergonomy: I suck. I tried to copy some Mac applications... But yes, I really suck
2. Icons and graphics: I was never able to use Gimp/Photoshop/Corel/Illustrator... I have stolen some graphics from:
http://www.javootoo.com/
http://art.gnome.org/
http://www.gnome-look.org/
http://www.kde-look.org/
I have also used some componets from https://swingx.dev.java.net/
3. Code && Build: Eclipse with VE rules...
Nice links I have wandered on:
1. http://baghira.sourceforge.net/OS_Clone-en.php#step8
2. http://home.cogeco.ca/~raduking/ - I believe that this is made by a guy from my hometown! Excellent work RaduKing!
3. http://retroweaver.sourceforge.net/ - I used this for swingx...
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