Karsten Lentzsch, JGoodies

As architect and designer of Java tools, demos and several professional Swing libraries, Karsten Lentzsch is considered a leading expert in Java user interface technology and pluggable look and feel. He brings a wealth of experience in designing usable and elegant Java application to JGoodies.

For over 15 years Karsten has been involved in object technologies and user interface design as a consultant, trainer, architect and expert developer.

Since adopting Java programming early in 1997 he has designed and developed stand-alone applications, application frameworks, Java libraries and enhancements to the Java look. He publishes articles about Java UI topics and talks at major Java conferences.

Presentation: "First Aid for Swing"

Track: Java Rich Client Development

Time: Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00

Location: Conference Hall

Abstract: This session describes how to build a Java/Swing application that looks good and works well. We present the most critical Don'ts - things you should avoid - and the most important Dos - guidelines you should follow. You learn about easy steps for improving the appeareance of your visual design, and how to compete with or outperform decent native desktop applications. Several examples for good and poor design demonstrate the effect of the techniques described in this session.

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