In many of the past Swing team brainstorming sessions we've lamented
the layout process. Layout managers are a necessary evil of cross
platform layout and resolution independence in that they allow
components to adjust in size and position based on external criteria.
Unfortunately the existing layout managers are not the easiest thing
to use and force the developer to write code that can be...
In scoping out various performance related projects for mustang we wanted to tackle one of Swing's long standing problem areas that has contributed to bad perceived performance. That is, when a Swing based app is exposed after being hidden by another application there is a noticeable delay between when the background of the window is erased and when the actual contents are painted. We've come...
