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Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Java ME: J2ME Polish vs native forms
J2ME Polish is a toolkit for enhancing the UI of Java ME applications through style sheets and form functionality that uses MIDP canvas, as well as for simplifying device porting through information about device-specific functionality and conditional compilation.This sounds pretty good indeed, except that for applications (as opposed to games) it's getting more and more critical that Java ME applications look exactly like the embedded applications on any specific phone, rather than the same on all phones, to minimize the learning curve for users. Hence I'm personally for using the form functionality in MIDP rather than using J2ME Polish for that, despite the limitations in the former.
If I use J2ME Polish in a real-life project I might come back with more comments. The choice is as described above not a clear yes or no, so you need to make your own decision based on product requirements.
J2ME Polish
