I’ve written a series of classes to interperet data from a serial port. This data needs to be displayed on the screen. I am trying to go for straight up eye candy with a refined look.
Swing UI- Easy to program, yields mediocre results
Open GL- Hard to program, yields good results.
Are there any other options?
Give SWT a go, the API is a lot simpler than Swing. Here is a recent question outlining the differences between SWT and Swing.