You can create fantastic looking cross platform applications with Java Swing. It just requires slightly more effort to learn to do so.
Here, take a look at some of these links.
- http://jidesoft.com/products/component.htm
- http://www.xerto.com/imagery.php
- http://www.jgraph.com/screenshots.html
- http://www.javootoo.com/
- http://www.formdev.com/screenshots/
- http://www.jidesoft.com/products/oss.htm
