The GUI to end all GUI libraries (Let's Dream!)

[Bill Baxter]

0ffh wrote:
> Lutger wrote:
>> Another interesting idea is immediate mode gui. It basically means 
>> that no or almost no state is maintained, at least as far as the user 
>> is concerned. Instead, the gui is recreated as needed. I've been 
>> playing a bit with it and it works nicely, but somehow I had some 
>> trouble with more complex gui's.
>>
>> Here's a link, the video is worth it imo:
>>
>> https://mollyrocket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=134
> 
> Recently on IRC:
> 
> [02:17] <*******> it will have arbitrary theming, backends/rendering 
> engines, probably arbitrary shapes for windows and widgets, easy new 
> widget creation, immediate mode interface, will be extremely 
> configurable, etc, etc :P

Sounds quite feature-full.  But noticeably lacking is any mention of how 
messaging and state management will work.  To me that's the real heart 
of it.  You can always gussy up a GUI with pretty themes later, but if 
the notification and state management mechanisms aren't solid, then 
actually coding with it will always be painful.

--bb