What Features Should A GUI toolkit have?

[Piotrek via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 6 March 2015 at 06:30:45 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
> I'll summarize my views on all of this.
> We keep making the same damn mistakes time after time. 
> Especially with GUI's.
> Stop trying to make GUI toolkits! Seriously just stop.
> WE DO NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR IT. Yes I know that is 
> yelling but it is true. We're still a long way off having 
> proper image manipulation. Or even basic OpenGL wrapping 
> functions. DirectX don't even joke.

Agree to some extent. But we can make small steps. At least if we 
figure out right architecture.

> TLDR: We think far too big and never actually work with a clear 
> strategic path towards a goal in mind.

Can you write briefly somewhere an analysis for gui development? 
Or possibly use add ideas/comments here:

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language-Labs/Proposals/blob/master/proposals/1_std_gui.md

I don't have too much time for gui as I'm currently in the 
process of including Phobos proposal modules into drafting 
library.

Piotrek