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"Matisse" Problems: it's not Matisse, but ...
… the way Swing layout managers work. I use Matisse for (I may say) complex application layouts with lots of more than half a dozen components, and it works very well. What I must admit: it works very well since I took a deep dive into the various Swing layout types. To me, that is the secret: you really need a thorough understanding of the Swing layout managers! Without that, UI programming in Java is not much fun in general.
I agree: UI programming in Windows is much easier - in the start. Essentially that is due to the rather simple anchoring strategies (be it Visual Studio or Delphi, that does not make much difference).
But I also had some projects where I had to implement some more sophisticated requirements for the UI that really made wish for Swing-style layout managers for native win32 apps.
So, in my oppinion in many cases the problem sits “in front of the screen”, not behind …
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