Java > Scala -> new thread: GUI for D

Nick Sabalausky a at a.a
Sat Dec 3 10:20:49 PST 2011


"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.




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