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RE: GUI design

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tako Schotanus)
Wed Sep 27 08:33:25 1995

From: Tako Schotanus <Tako.Schotanus@bouw.tno.nl>
To: "java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM" <java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM>,
        "'Sami Shaio'" <Sami.Shaio@Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 11:15:52 +-100


>Using absolute positioning is not a good idea since different native
>implementations will have different sizes for things. You should use
>layout objects since they will behave properly when the size of
>the widgets varies.

And what if you want to write your own layout manager? (just wondering ;)

- Tako

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