Java > Scala -> new thread: GUI for D

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-12-03 19:20, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Nick Sabalausky"<a at a.a>  wrote in message
> news:jbdp5t$2j0k$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> "Gour"<gour at atmarama.net>  wrote in message
>> news:20111203075455.6d9d1321 at atmarama.noip.me...
>>> "Nick Sabalausky"<a at a.a>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree the look of apps should be user-configurable, but that
>>>> belongs at the OS/Window-Manager level. 'Course, I'll grant that's
>>>> never going to happen on MS or Apple platforms, in which case, yea,
>>>> using a lib that makes "system" the default and "user-configured" an
>>>> option is the next best thing.
>>>
>>> I fully agree with things which you said above...not liking this
>>> mobile/web hype pushed to us at the moment.
>>>
>>> Just, curious what would be your choise for multi-platform GU app: gtk,
>>> qt or wx?
>>>
>>
>> My ranking would be:
>>
>> #1: wx: Because it uses native controls on pretty much all platforms.
>> #2: qt: Because for a non-native UI, it at least does a good job of
>> getting the look&  feel right. And I've heard that the API is nice.
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> #84,259,254: gtk: Because it doesn't give a rat's ass about native
>> anything, plus it's just plain ugly (read: big-n-chunky) on all platforms,
>> even Gnome.
>>
>
> FWIW, SWT would probably be somewhere in the top 3, definitely above qt
> (because I *think* SWT is true native...?), but not sure how I'd rank it
> compared to wx b/c I'd have to actually try them both out.

SWT uses native widgets where available and emulates them otherwise.

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/Jacob Carlborg