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Sun is throwning some resources into polishing Synth this summer. Popular blogger/Sun intern Romain Guy is working on a new look and feel using Synth. He's asking fellow developers that have used Synth to report any bugs/enhancements needed before Synth reaches an API freeze state.

Synth needs you!
J2SE 1.5 introduced a brand new look and feel called Synth. As you might already know, this look and feel is really a skin engine based on XML files. You can use it to easily create a new look and feel for your applications without having to struggle with Swing's UI delegates...Despite its numerous qualities, Synth suffers from bugs and some features are missing. I am currently using it at Sun Microsystems to develop a new look and feel...The problem is we will soon reach a feature freeze state and I won't be able to easily introduce changes in the public API. That is why I ask you to help me...