GUI libraries

[Craig Dillabaugh]

On Thursday, 28 November 2013 at 20:55:02 UTC, Xavier Bigand 
wrote:
> Le 28/11/2013 21:35, Jacob Carlborg a écrit :
>> On 2013-11-28 21:03, Xavier Bigand wrote:
>>
>>> Take a look to QML with Qt Quick Controls :
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6_F6Kpjd-Q
>>
>> That shows the problem with non-native toolkits. When he adds 
>> the button
>> to the toolbar in the beginning, the toolbar isn't a native 
>> unified
>> toolbar. It's some custom toolbar.
>>
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>
>
> What is native on windows ?
>  - Win32
>  - Winforms
>  - Qt Widgets (that is near Win32)?
>
> And on linux ?
>  - GTK (with gnome and KDE)
>  - Qt QML (KDE future)

Neither.  Its Motif :o)   Unity!
Actually, I would say Linux doesn't have a native GUI, since 
Qt/GTK are basically cross-platform UI toolkits that sit on top 
of X11/Wayland/Whatever.

>
> A native UI isn't necessary considered as the standard one, 
> maybe Qt have a chance to be a real standard (on many 
> platforms).