Lightweights: No Mere Buzzword
The migration away from peer-driven AWT components is part of Sun’s overall design for the Java 2 platform (a/k/a JDK 1.2.1 and JFC/Swing for JDK 1.1.8).
The “Java Foundation Classes” provide a cross-platform look, flexibility, improved speed, and better OO design.
Even without JDK 1.2, you may create your own lightweight components with many of these features.