I'm tired of JButtons, how can I make a nicer GUI in java?

Question

So far I\'ve only built \"small\" graphical applications, using swing and JComponents as I learned at school. Yet I can\'t bear ugly JButtons anymore. I\'ve tried to play wi

Answer 1

The easiest is to stay with Swing and use a different look and feel.

What CAN be done easily is shown at http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/metamorphosis/index.html (Use this this web start linkto see it in action)

Either bundle a L&F with your program, or choose one of the built in. I like Nimbus but it must be explicitly selected in your code.