Before and after: Cairo/Pango
I work at a company called Key Technology, where I develop control software for automated inspection equipment. Our UI is written in VisualWorks.
Over the past couple of releases of our main software product, we've been slowly converting to use Cairo and Pango for the graphics and text. We're not completely done, but we're far enough along that I thought it would be worth showing some before and after pictures. Without further ado, here they are. Click on the small images for full-size versions (1280x1024).
First is a configuration page that is used on one of our systems. We redesigned the look of the buttons and the list widget using Cairo, and used Pango for all of the text.
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Next is a settings page, along with the main tab strip for the various pages in the system. We had some icon redesign done and redesigned the number editing widget. Most of the widgets are now drawn with Cairo, and you can see the antialiasing the results. If you look closely, you'll notice that the little black bubble in the middle of the "brightness slider" is still drawn the old way.
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