On Sat, 2010-06-05 at 19:22 -0700, ant wrote: > I get the strong feeling that nobody is really happy with the state of > Python GUIs.
> WxPython and PyGtk are both powerful, but quirky in different ways. All widget libraries are quirky - because sophisticated user interfaces are complicated. If you make a new one that is sophisticated enough to be really useful - it will be "quirky". > PyQt is tied to one platform. No it isn't. > 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. So fragment some more? And at least PyGtk is a wrapper around Gtk, so in a sense that is anti-fragmentation. It is reusing Gtk which is also reused as Gtk# by Mono/.NET and other bindings. > Our resources are being dissipated. Is it not time to start again? No. > 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 Good luck. Seems pointless to me. > But don't we owe it to the community? Seems like there are already several very mature options. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
