Java Look and Feel Guidelines

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The Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines provides essential information for anyone involved in the process of creating cross-platform Java applications and applets.

Written by the experts at Sun Microsystems Inc., this timely book provides many useful recommendations for designers of the Java look and feel.

Full of design guidelines for software using the Java Foundation Classes (JFC) and the Java look and feel, this book is an excellent resource for the creation of effective Java applications and applets. The book is now available for purchase.

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The Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines contains:

• A visual tour of the Java look and feel in a sample application and applet.
• An overview of the JFC and its user interface components.
• Requirements throughout for consistent appearance and behavior of Java look and feel applications including recommendations for cross-platform delivery, accessibility, and internationalization.
• Conceptual introductions to visual design and behavior provided with the Java look and feel.
• Step-by-step instruction in the design of application graphics.
• Reference chapters with descriptions of the JFC components, the user and designer tasks associated with them, and requirements that promote flexibility and ease of use.
• Special chapters on windows, dialog boxes, menus and toolbars, basic controls, text components, and tables, toolbars, and tree views.
• Appendix with keyboard navigation, selection, and activation sequences for the JFC components.

About the Author

A group of experts at Sun Microsystems combined efforts to write the Java Look and Feel Guidelines. The team includes, among others, our Lead Human Interface Designer and the Java Look and Feel Creator with experience in designing Java language applications since the inception of the Java programming language.