# :: Readme :: Looks 1.2.2 :: Free high-fidelity Windows and multi-platform appearance The JGoodies Looks make your Swing applications and applets look better. The package consists of a Windows look&feel and the Plastic look&feel family. These have been optimized for readability, precise micro-design and usability. The Looks require Java 1.4 or later. A version for Java 1.3 is here. ## Getting Started First, download and run the JGoodies Looks Demo. Then follow the Quick Start and read the user's guide. If you want to use a JGoodies l&f in NetBeans read here. As a next step you can study the JGoodies articles and presentations. ## Support You can subscribe to the users mailing list and browse or search the list's archive. In case of a new problem, you can direct questions to users@looks.dev.java.net. Also, you can use the issue tracker to find and enter issues around the Looks. Do not send personal mail! ## Distribution Contents
`docs/api` |  | JavaDocs directory
`docs/guide` |  | User's Guide
`examples/lib` |  | library for the simple Looks demo
`examples/tiny.jar` |  | precompiled Tiny example
`examples/demo.jar` |  | precompiled simple Looks demo
`src/examples/tiny` |  | sources for the tiny example
`src/examples/demo` |  | sources for the simple Looks demo
`src/photoshop` |  | PhotoShop files for Plastic icons
`LICENSE.txt` |  | the BSD license agreement
`README.html` |  | this readme file
`RELEASE-NOTES.txt` |  | Release Notes
`build.xml` |  | ANT build file
`default.properties` |  | ANT default build properties
`looks-1.2.2-src.zip` |  | zipped library sources
`looks-1.2.2.jar` |  | the library jar
## Related Projects The winlaf project hosts another Windows look&feel. Recently we started to join our efforts in making the Windows look&feel look and feel like Windows. As of the Looks 1.2.2 and winlaf 0.4.1, the JGoodies Windows l&f provides a more precise micro design for 96dpi and 120dpi which leads to better readability and legibility if used with a precise layout system such as the JGoodies Forms. Also, the JGoodies Windows l&f uses component sizes that are closer to the native original and make it easier to switch the look&feel to the multiplatform Plastic l&f family. Currently both the winlaf and JGoodies l&f fix bugs in the Sun Windows l&f that are not addressed by the other project. Hopefully, we can move the most important solutions to the Sun 1.5.0 Windows l&f and catch up with each others project. ## Acknowledgements The Looks project has been financed by sponsors of my Java desktop activities and customers of my products. It is only with their money that I could open source and provide them at no charge. Many thanks to all these customers and sponsors, especially the Java desktop team at Sun Microsystems.
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