On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:22 PM, ant <shi...@uklinux.net> wrote: > I get the strong feeling that nobody is really happy with the state of > Python GUIs. > Tkinter is not widely liked, but is widely distributed. WxPython and > PyGtk are both > powerful, but quirky in different ways. PyQt is tied to one platform. > And there are > dozens more. > > Whether or not we like graphics programming, it's not going to go > away. I get the > uneasy feeling whenever I start a new project that there should be a > 'better' GUI > than the ones I currently use (WxPython and PyGtk). > > Fragmentation is our enemy. Our resources are being dissipated. Is it > not time to > start again? We have shown that it is possible to do the right thing, > by creating Python3. > > I ask the group; should we try to create a new GUI for Python, with > the following > properties?: > > - Pythonic > - The default GUI (so it replaces Tkinter) > - It has the support of the majority of the Python community > - Simple and obvious to use for simple things > - Comprehensive, for complicated things > - Cross-platform > - Looks good (to be defined) > - As small as possible in its default form > > If so, what are the next steps? > > The Python SIG on GUIs closed years ago. Should that be revived? > > This is "A Modest Proposal" (J. Swift). In a sense, I am suggesting > that > we eat our own babies. > > But don't we owe it to the community?
No. http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python_gui/ Geremy Condra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
