Buggy Java GUI? (just a tad OT)

I've been toying around with Java to possibly interface with PHP, but I have a question about it. Is it just me, or is the GUI in most standalone java applications remarkably (and annoyingly) buggy? I downloaded Forte for Java by Sun, and after the 45 second loading time I noticed that if you click around the menus or move your cursor too fast, a menu will become temporarily "burned" into the frame of the page. Same if you hover on one button till a message comes up, then switch over to another button, a portion of the original message will still be shown. Same goes for Limewire and other 100% java apps I've tried. I was just wondering if it's just my machine, or because I use the windows98 VM, or if everyone experiences the same thing. I'm guessing the horrendous starting load time is native to java, but at least it runs ok once you get the thing to start. -- Plutarck Should be working on something... ...but forgot what it was.