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This is the second part of my UI lessons from the real world article. It has more funny examples of what (not) to do with your UIs.

Learn UI concepts from real world pictures. Signs can teach valuable lessons in this regard and you should pay attention to them.

Learn a trick to shrink images using the Java2D API, which creates high-quality image icons for your applications.

In this article jQuery is tested with different selectors in order to find specific elements in the DOM tree. The delay of each selector is precisely calculated and the idea is to find out which one is the fastest for the given goal.

Learn how to combine JGoodies with other backend frameworks in your desktop application. The main problem is the need to create objects that extend the Model class while other frameworks might consider this a problem, either because they require POJOs or provide other specific rules.

This article explains the advantages of the Presentation Model pattern over the Model-View-Controller and Model-View-Presenter. This will improve your decisions about GUI implementations for desktop.

Learn the screen scratch technique to easily identify visual clutter and noise in user interfaces.

Learn the basics of the JGoodies Binding API, which allows you to separate the application logic from UI components. This can lead to better code and strategic separation of concerns. This is the first relevant step towards the Presentation Model pattern.

In this article I explain the Presentation Model pattern, its structure and layers.