[boost] Re: GUI/GDI template library

From: David B. Held (dheld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-09 14:47:47

"Paul Hamilton" <paul_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:8096A070-CA2E-11D7-94BA-003065B4D1CC_at_phamtec.com...
>
> > Since OS X uses X for the GUI, I think it's covered by "Windows
> > and X".
>
> This isn't really true. it is POSSIBLE for you to run applications
> with an X GUI on OSX, but it involves using an X server, and the
> applications don't really look and feel like mac ones. The
> Macintosh has it's own completely different UI library based on a
> lot of the Next stuff.
> [...]

So that's why OS X looks so much better than X in general.  That
makes sense.

Dave