Graphical User Interface (GUI)

• Standard (ie. from Sun)

• Others

  • non-standard
    • Borland, Symantec, other component developers
    • require additional Java classes
      • may increase (down)load time
    • still built on top of AWT and 100% pure Java
    • as JFC has improved, these are fewer
  • non-portable
    • Microsoft WFC (Windows Foundation Classes)
    • not pure Java
    • some native (non-portable) implementation of classes
    • unusable if portability desired

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