Java > Scala -> new thread: GUI for D

[Alexey Prokhin]

a wrote:

> QML looks like it is (currently ?) targeted at the kind of GUI programming
> when you make your own custom widgets for everything. It only provides the
> most basic components such as rectangles, text, and images. There isn't,
> say, a button components - you have to make one using a Rectangle and a
> MouseArea. One consequence of this is that typical GUI programming is much
> slower. Another consequence is that you can't build GUIs that look native
> on multiple platforms. QML is probably great for some things, but it is
> not a replacement for GUI  toolkits such as Qt.
No, there are widgets with native look and feel for QML: 
http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/03/10/qml-components-for-desktop/ . Right now 
it is a research project, but it most likely will be a part of the upcoming 
Qt5.