Switch to "FlatLaf" for Look & Feel (updated skin)

[LaFayette]

Easy drop-in replacement that is a bit more modern and supposed to be more performant and compatible - FlatLaf

We currently use "Substance" (and have been for a long while!)

Here are some screenshots, feedback/thoughts welcome!

[ubernaut]

@lafayette used to the look on mac is the new one the onion the right?

seems like some of the elements are more space efficient on the right and some on the left.

aside from that i’d say the right hand one looks slightly better to me

[LaFayette]

@ubernaut the first one is new on the left, the last 3 are new on the right (mea culpa, not consistent there)

[ubernaut]

@lafayette oh interesting yeah i think the new one is slightly less space efficient. the buttons are little clearer tho

[beelee]

@lafayette

Yea I think people will get used to it soon enough. The big plus for me, is the font is slightly larger than the latest.

Nice work.

Edit
I guess one can always change it to there personal preference anyway. I see nothing wrong with making it the default.

The old one still be available for those that like it I assume ?

[Panther]

@LaFayette Looks good, I welcome the better contrast.

[beelee]

@lafayette

I can't find the thread where you changed the Home Page but I don't see anywhere to download the prerelease

[LaFayette]

@beelee this forum thread has the link:
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/4304/2-7-lobby-bots-available-early-testing-phase

download page was updated pretty recently

[LaFayette]

@beelee said:

The old one still be available for those that like it I assume ?

Probably not. This is a completely different library. Substance has served us well, but has bugs, and our current version is really old and difficult to upgrade. I'm leaning somewhat strongly to go with this new L&F library. Namely because the upgrade path is already done, with Substance (our old L&F), we'd have to do some work/efforts to upgrade.