Romain Guy's Drag and Drop Effects

Romain Guy's Weblog - Drag and Drop Effects a very nice work done !
Very interesting ideas and as usually, sharp looks !

Sun freezes hell, gets IBM to sell Solaris on blades from The Register

Sun freezes hell, gets IBM to sell Solaris on blades | The Register it's a new story of what business has become these days !
Enjoy !

Browser launcher in Java

BrowserLauncher is a nice library to use in case you need to launch the default platform browser from java application.

LogDistiller

LogDistiller is a log files analysis tool. It reads log files, parses them into structured log events with attributes, then classify them according rules configured in an XML file. Classification results go into reports, which are published according to the rules configuration : simply stored in a file, sent by mail, or even added in a news feed.
For me it seems to be of use in parsing and analysing log4j generated files.

Swing: Get Started with Flexdock

Swing: Get Started with Flexdock is a nice artcle about a open source project that offers you the posibility to create complex docking application like Eclipse or Netbeans.
Worth a look !
PS: the link is not correctly written in the article, the real one is https://flexdock.dev.java.net/

SwingFX: Using the Draggable API

SwingFX: Using the Draggable API is an interesting article about creating GUIs with drag and drop utilisability feature in a easier way.

Paint App Tutorial : Netbeans module guide

Netbeans platform: Paint App Tutorial is a nice written tutorial about creating applications using the module base of Netbeans.
This article includes branding of application and some bug workarounds :)

Improving Code Layout Can Improve Application Performance

Nice and very interesting article about speeding your application execution with some optimisation techniques.

"Forever For Now" Web Site Discovered

Forever For Now it's a intersting site with some very nice graphics and ideeas. Stop by to give it a look !

Eclipse - Splitting Editors on the Same File

This has been a question about Eclipse capabilities asked by two of my mates who were using JBuider at that time and to my real shame I wasn't able to provide a concise answer to that. We did find some workaround in other facilities of Eclipse but not exactly what thy really asked.
This is for you, Cornel and Rares ! :)

New project in final stage

As all of you that used or use the Apache Derby Database know, there is no well known GUI for interfacing with the database. I'm working on a project that uses Derby database as embeded database and I needed to create, test the structure and the data inside .. so that was the beggining of developing a simple user interface for using Derby as a network database server, creating databases and a simple front end for issueing SQL commands.
In a couple of days the "product" will be ready to be published as open source project.

JToaster

Have you really missed in your java applications the animated box rising from the bottom of the screen with a notification message (like guifications or yahoo messenger) ?
If so, JToaster is the swing solution, and best of all is free and opensource !

Stopped Clock Blog

When it comes to real appreciation, this is one site you can visit often..I really recommend it.
You can find here nice piece of information about graphics and user interface tricks ... real nice ..and pleasing for your eyes.
From here you can discover the icon set of OpenOffice or Gnome 2 or one interesting free editor Inkscape.
There will be followups about me using Inkscape.

Java Splash Screen in Mustang

For a GUI developer in Java a splash screen was one of the "facilities" that demonstrates the quickness of java .. because even the splash screen was appearing with a delay of some seconds. Yet, the time is changing .. and Mustang is about to bring new possibilities.
Some nice article on an interesting feature !

Automated GUI Recorder for Eclipse Platform

The article provides an overview of using a GUI recorder and playback tool that is developed under the TPTP test framework. This tool allows users to record GUI actions in the Eclipse platform and play them back to verify the functionality of their product. It is meant to allow Eclipse developers to automate regression tests that often require many resources to perform repetitive tasks to verify basic functionalities.

For developers of SWT and JFace applications it's a interesting feature .. all Eclipse platform developers should be aware of it. And it's a nice introduction in Test and Performance Tools Platform Project.

Opera 8.5 is free !

I'm very happy to see that Opera released a new version 8.5 of his browser without any ads and payment requirements. It may become my browser of choice because of the speed and features combination. The Windows installer is small enough not to bother you with dowloading it .. :)
I'm not an advertiser but I'd like to hear your comments and reviews ..

Eclipse 3.2 M2 Released

Here are good news for the users of Eclipse IDE .. especially for those who like to do experiments and enjoy the last features of the platform..
Really, enjoy !

TrackIt

TrackIt: "TrackIt is the first open source, web based project tracking tool designed from the ground up to provide maximum flexibility, customization, and most importantly, usefulness to the developer."
Looks nice .. worth a try..

Resources for user experience designers

Just for a moment back in front of the computer .. I found a new interesting user interface references ..
Check this out .. it's really valuable..

2 Weeks off :)

I'll be on vacation 2 weeks from now and my access to internet will be difficult to none ...so "see you" in 2 weeks with some fresh news and brand new ideas !
All the best from a lucky wonderer !