Hi Nathan. Am 22.10.2008 um 07:03 schrieb Nathan Youngman:
> Cross-platform toolkits that use native widgets still don't > necessarily "feel" quite right... I think so, too. Cross-Platform applications always are a compromise. Some of the frameworks more, some less. > > Some of the tools that use native widgets: > > WxWdigets (BPBible) > Lazarus (Pascal with a component library) > RealBasic (commercial) > Runtime Revolution (commercial, interpreted) > SWT (Eclipse) > > Some UIs use skins instead, but try to match the look with the OS: > > Java Swing > Mono 2.0 Windows.Forms 2.0 > > Others go their own way: > > FLTK > Adobe Flex What about Silverlight and JavaFX. Could be interesting. For me as a Java guy especially JavaFX. > > How does one make a single app that really "feels" at home on > anything from Leopard, Ubuntu, XP, or Vista? > Is it possible? I think not. Although I need to say that only the Mac is more different to Gnome or Windows desktops. Java Swing applications look much more native on Windows/Linux than they do on Mac. Although Apple delivers Java with Aqua style widgets there still are font, toolbar and menu issues. Manfred _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
