http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/seaglasslookandfeel/seaglasslookandfeel/

Future releases will be released to Central, and snapshots will be released to

http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/seaglasslookandfeel/
seaglasslookandfeel/

Since we still don’t have full functionality, we may eventually get rid of our pre-0.1.6.1 versions on our makeshift repository, though the source will still be available for checkout.

We still don’t have our own tabbed panes, various dialog boxes and file choosers and the like. I’m using the Mac internal frames on a Mac because I think they look good. Maybe I’ll rework the internal frames for non-Mac, but maybe not.

My outer glow is messed up, but worse, my internal drop shadow is messed up.

I’m using the Nimbus Effects classes, which I note that Nimbus itself doesn’t seem to use. Possibly for performance reasons. I could just draw the stuff, but then it wouldn’t necessarily work at higher DPI.

Anyway, there are probably more important things I could be working on in Sea Glass, but this is something I really want.

This is very preliminary.

See the project site for more information.

In particular, we don’t have good focus indications, some alignment may not be correct, we’re still using Nimbus controls for tabbed panes and a few other minor things, and I’m sure there are tons of glitches.

But it’s a start.

Post feedback at Ken’s site, and we’ll give it the consideration it deserves.

Should the striping continue across the checkboxes? Nimbus doesn’t do that, but it is probably possible to do.

Comments?

We may move to a more monochrome titlebar button scheme in the future, but right now we’re using a variation of Nimbus’s buttons.

Click the image to see it larger.

Ken came up with the idea of using sea glass, with its matte finish and generally soft colors (though there are some browns, golds, and reds) as an inspiration. I think it’s a better idea than mine.

We still have a lot of work to do on this, from more controls to skin to more behavior to get the way we want it. At the moment, it’s a skinned Nimbus L&F, but I see us eventually developing our own framework, taking some code from Nimbus and Synth to accomplish our goals.

Neither Nimbus or Synth are really designed to be extended. Synth can be skinned, and Nimbus can be customized, but mainly in terms of the looks. The feel of the L&F is pretty much set by Synth. Since we want a somewhat different feel, and in some cases a different layout of components, we will have to move away from Synth.

We’ve spent the last few weeks bouncing ideas back and forth, making some false starts, and eventually settling on some pretty good ideas (mostly Ken’s). I’m currently working on designing the framework we’ll use to go forward.

Once this is done, I’ll get back to my real project, a recipe program called “Kitchen Alchemy”. It’ll use the Sea Glass look and feel!

I’ve been working on the programming, while Ken has been doing the hard part of constructing the artwork. We’ve only just begun the project, so there is much yet to be done.

See Ken’s site for more information.