Re: [boost] Reason for Java's Success (was: GUI)

From: Reece Dunn (msclrhd_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-29 10:06:09

Arkadiy Vertleyb wrote:
>As for GUI, the last time I saw a portable one, it sucked.  Yes, I admit, 
>it
>was 5 years ago, and it was AWT, so maybe thins changed drammatically?  Are
>modern GUI libraries really able to produce _decent_ cross-platform GUI?

Take a look at:
*  the Mozilla GUI;
*  OpenOffice.org (I believe htey use an inhouse cross-platform GUI, but I 
may be wrong);
*  Perforce's p4v (this uses wxWidgets, I believe);
*  WINE :) (yes, I know this isn't really a cross-platform GUI);
*  applications written with Qt.

- Reece