[python-win32] Does Python need a native Windows GUI toolkit?

[Stef Mientki]

Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
> Thomas Heller wrote:
>> Does Python need a native, pure Python, Windows GUI toolkit, one that 
>> uses
>> win32 api calls directly to use native windows controls?
>>
>> Or would that development be a waste of resources, in these days of
>> of Python.NET, Windows forms, IronPython, (and last, not least, wxPython
>> and all these other toolkits)?  Or are desktop applications too rare 
>> now?
>
> I would consider it a waste of resources.
>
> I use wxPython and if I would change today to something else it would 
> probably be a web/html based tool kit.  Why, the only issue I have 
> found with wxPython is that it is too large for devices such as 
> Palm/iPhone/WinMobile.  Unless one invests in some professional tools 
> (I am only aware of WinDev, but there must be others) one can not 
> develop one app which runs on these mobile devices and on desktops.
try PocketPyGui for mobile devices, works great.
cheers,
Stef