On Saturday 19 August 2006 05:51, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:13:29PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: > > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > If you want the "best" cross platform library, then I would argue that > > > it is wxWidgets. It has bindings for C++, Python, Java, Ruby and > > > probably other languages as well. It has the advantage of supporting > > > something like a dozen different GUI toolkits and you get the native > > > widgets of the target system. It is also extremely well documented (at > > > least the C++ interface is). > > > > There was no requirement that it has to be Gnome-based -- then I would > > humbly suggest Qt -- many many programmers claim that it is the most > > convenient development library period. And of course its support of C++ > > is excellent (of course, you can use also Java, Python, Ruby, JavaScript > > if you wish). > > > > Mat??j > > While I do not doubt that Qt is a good toolkit, I think that it suffers > (to a certain extent) from the same problem as Java GUIs. That is, they > look out of place pretty much everywhere. The main exception to the > previous statement being that they integrate into KDE well because of > KDE's foundation in Qt. Other than that, the fact that wxWidgets gets > native look and fell across all platforms is, IMHO, a killer feature. > Additionally, the license for wxWidgets is much more permissive than > that of Qt, which may be of concern if the software under development is > to be proprietary.
Java GUIs can (swing at least) can be made to have a more "native" look by a call on startup. Java can also be used with Qt and others. Name your poison. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
