From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MAhLb-000651-B2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 31 May 2009 09:28:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9BD8BE043B; Sun, 31 May 2009 09:28:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.156]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58FB0E043B for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 09:28:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 13so2494524fge.14 for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 02:28:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=TVZ4KNEyPXM02jZAq9Z35yubPVPKbMPi9vcGZqOBNfk=; b=cJl7Bs0F3pF1FwoRjwDWVYnzYPuifLJM9fus+J9pbMrjo6sSGyo1WJZMWlY9bIAkC/ kkOdRu6qaG9dSfPY9rD5vzD0viLVuPUptFokPdklujtZd0Qio8l/t8CCRPBENVDfNdI4 /N62W7iRG/wcG4slool4gqhwB+C46RrjSEQDY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Nli92QR27MVGX+lJhwZviTAZdcCfn2rML30OFziy1z/iO+BU0IDdMhHBlgzpjTN0AO 4hTYnKo5WWzF/lO9vJIAUBt74hxYpXPg5Zg31xpxDtP2GWNwSOb4/Au7mmYXEWSg+e3O ct4nn8dKu9DpcUUVpT92MrSqatTMeYRwkhSCI= Received: by 10.86.82.17 with SMTP id f17mr5013959fgb.65.1243762132673; Sun, 31 May 2009 02:28:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.43? (a91-156-143-215.elisa-laajakaista.fi [91.156.143.215]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d6sm7675325fga.22.2009.05.31.02.28.51 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 31 May 2009 02:28:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A224DCF.8000902@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 12:28:47 +0300 From: Arttu V User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090303 SeaMonkey/1.1.15 (Ubuntu-1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu2) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Whats better for crossplatform applications? References: <4A2227E4.5090000@gmail.com> <200905310904.53679.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <200905310942.07148.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <200905310942.07148.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d59cc867-5bf8-44f3-bf79-4b05de8dc1e5 X-Archives-Hash: 83654a7917cdb0c835b22d91dfa9e399 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Sonntag 31 Mai 2009, Roy Wright wrote: > >> java - portability was one of the original design goals >> > > and it is still ugly. Also very funny and old bugs. > Given the OP's question (identical look and feel across platforms a very high priority) he should really check out Java and Swing: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/plaf.html >> qt4 - some kde apps are starting to be portable >> > > kde always was portable. Also developed as a cross plattform lib. Lots of > windows apps already use qt. Great documentation. Lots of language bindings, > nicer licensing. > Yes, I'd say qt is the other one to check. gtk+ might mean trouble, IIRC different gtk+ versions didn't use to live so nicely on a Windows box. GIMP and some other program required different versions of gtk+ on Windows when I last tried -- and the Highlander paid a visit: "there can be only one ..." (Maybe they've fixed that? Or was it about Windows not being too tolerant about different versions of libraries?) ... but anyway I'm mostly classificable as a server-side java dude, and don't know the more obscure choices with GUIs that well. So, my opinions are worth their weight in uranium (hazardous material, need proper handling, not suitable for most uses, keep away from the reach of children ;) ). -- Arttu V.