title: Java Swing GUIs on Mac OS X
body: <p>Have you ever attempted using Swing only to end up changing courses because it just couldn't do what you wanted?</p>
  
  <p>I'm pretty new to Swing, having only used it for school projects over 5 years ago, but it seems Swing has come a long way in providing a more native look and feel, so much so that I'm considering using it to develop the GUI for an app on Mac OS X.  Before I do, though, I wanted to see if anyone has run into any showstopper issues that prevented them from using Swing.</p>
  
  <p>Just off the top of my head, some possibilities:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Problems developing custom components that looked "right"</li>
  <li>Bad interactions with native applications and widgets</li>
  <li>Performance issues (unresponsiveness, repaint problems)</li>
  <li>Inability to mimic native behaviors (like Dock interaction)</li>
  </ul>