Can we combine Rich and Thin GUI client
We have many GUI solution for Rich, Thin and RIA. DHTML, Flex, Java webstart, SWT, SWING, XUL, .Net, etc. But rich and thin are always mutually exclusive. RIA try to play a bridge between them, unfortunately, RIA is just solution which try to put "Rich" GUI into web browser or an administrable download client. RIA losts many good feature of RICH client, e.g., offline ability...
Another Swing app converts to SWT
Hetman is a file manager reminiscent of Norton Commander that was recently converted to SWT. Being long-time Swing advocates, the developers were not too fond of the SWT API, but apparently its strengths overcame its shortcomings for their application.
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