I have read almost every single post in this forum, but have yet to find any information that would assist me in designing and coding an excellent GUI that is aesthetically appealing. In other words, I'm not referring to utilizing
patterns in GUI design, such as MVC, but rather to utilizing insets, padding, metal themes, etc. in designing an elegant GUI that follows all HCI conventions. I've looked at the
Java L&F guidelines, and many other guides on the internet but have not found what I'm looking for.
Basically, I want to design and code a GUI that is as good as the ones used in JBuilder5 or Together ControlCenter 5.x. Does anybody know how I can accomplish this?