JFC/Swing benchmark

You can now do some Swing benchmark testing and Linux native java compilation.

There is an article on Sys-Con / JDJ and you can get the tests from JFCMark

Eclipse Visual Editor Project

Similar to Insatantiations SWT/Swing Designer the Eclipse Visual Editor project has gone into v1.0 since 20th. September 2004. Worth looking at - it is free.