What would you rewrite in D?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Robert Clipsham" <robert at octarineparrot.com> wrote in message 
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> On 06/10/10 23:03, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>> Ok, for me GTK is native because I use Linux and a GTK based desktop.
>>> I know that there's a native GTK port for OSX/Quartz and I thought GTK 
>>> had
>>> themes to look native on Windows?
>>>
>>
>> It does make a vague attempt to look native on Windows, and is FAR better 
>> in
>> that regard than, say, Swing, Winamp, Iron/Chrome, or pretty much 
>> anything
>> from Apple. But there's still rather noticable differences in both look 
>> (the
>> chunkiness I mentioned, just as one example) and in feel (particulary if
>> you're using GIMP). It's kinda like gluing a picture of some wings 
>> overtop
>> the logo on a Ferrari and saying "See, it's an Aston Martin!"
>
> Platform wise, GTK looks appalling on OS X, acceptable, if non-native on 
> Windows (I think there's a GTK theme that fixes this, not sure), and, 
> well, you use it on linux.

Unless you're a KDE (or Xfce) user. Which actually brings up another thing: 
It's my understanding that wxWidgets can use other things than just GTK on 
Linux. And AIUI, Qt and KDE are tied togther in the same way as GTK and 
GNOME, so does that mean Qt won't use GTK for Linux users running GNOME?