Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] default look and feel

[William Z. <wrz...@po...>]

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Joe Emenaker <jo...@em...> wrote:

>
> However, supporting Nimbus doesn't mean *requiring* 1.6. We could just
> have JSL check to see what version of Java it's running under.
>
> Personally, my preference for the behavior would be:
> - JSL's *default* look-n-feel would be Metal for 1.5 and earlier and
> Nimbus for 1.6 and later.
> - If the user has ever *changed* the setting to something, then it tries
> to stick to that whenever it can, instead of the default.
> - The gotcha here is when the user chooses Nimbus on 1.6 and then, for
> some reason, goes back to 1.5. In this case, JSL should switch back to
> Metal. (The easiest way to achieve this, probably, is to switch JSL back
> to "default" when someone chooses Nimbus).
>

I doubt we need to check the version number at all.  Just:
 - activate user's preference.  If that fails or crashes,
 - activate Nimbus.  If that fails or crashes,
 - activate Metal.

-Bill Zwicky