you will find here some information about the oyoaha lookandfeel development

the new version 3.0 is the same version as the 3.0rc1b. the only thing new is the license and so, the release of the source code.

i don't know if i will find more time to continue to develop the lookandfeel, but at least i can give some hints about future development:

the code of the lookandfeel is a mess, mainly because of quick and dirty workaround to support each favor of java and because some parts of it are almost 4 years old now. it's like this project had grown up in a total anarchy! well it's not that bad, and i'm still proud of some parts. the fact images can react to the swing theme is a good feature, also, the way borders are handled and the alpha channel works pretty well too. the animation, the oldest part of this project needs to be redesigned, but the result is still quite fun

another problem is the (now outdated) filechooser improvement i tried to implement just before the first preview of java1.4. i tried to use the OS to get file information (icon) and to navigate on the local network, but because the java1.4 fixed that i stopped my work in the middle and the current implementation of the filechooser is totally a mess

so if i decide to start a version 4.0 i am seriously thinking of trashing any pre java1.4 support, and all my experimental code about the filechooser, that will make the work more fun