[boost] Re: Java style GUI in C++

From: Miro Jurisic (macdev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-24 13:46:39

In article <006201c4892d$65d6dc10$2321100a_at_[hidden]>,
 "Paul Grenyer" <paul_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> My experience, mostly from reading the documentation, is that there are no
> GOOD cross-platform C++ GUI libraries out there.

I agree. You point out two major failing of most C++ frameworks: lack of modern 
C++ use and lack of exception safety. I see the rest of this thread talking a 
lot about C++ techniques, but there seems to be one major component that 
everyone is overlooking: producing a good user experience.

Perhaps as a Mac developer I am more aware to the importance of a good user 
experience; one of the major failings of every cross-platform C++ framework on 
Mac OS is a poor user experience -- usually due to reinventing OS-provided UI 
wheels, and thus often making the UI subtly inconsistent with the rest of the 
OS. This kind of subtle (or less subtle) inconsistency is what makes users 
(entirely justifiably) bitch and moan and shoddy ports, and give bad product 
reviews.

meeroh