What I don't like about wxPython

John Roth newsgroups at jhrothjr.com
Mon May 10 12:57:49 EDT 2004


"Ryan Paul" <segphault at sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.05.10.10.55.58.385708 at sbcglobal.net...
> On Sat, 08 May 2004 17:08:59 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > If wxPython really depends on Windows, that's a huge obstacle for
> > those wanting a portable system.  If it doesn't literally depend on
> > Windows, but uses Windows-centric interfaces and approaches, that's
> > still pretty annoying for non-Windows developers.
>
> now i'm curious. are there ANY gui toolkits that arent blatantly
> windows-centric? Personally, I HATE the windows user interface paradigm,
> but it seems to be pretty much ubiquitous regardless of your operating
> system. GTK, Photon, Aqua, QT, Swing, VCL... all of them have toolbars,
> menus, checkboxes, etc. They are all just variation on a theme, so to
> speak. If you know of a command oriented graphical interface, i'd love to
> hear about it. ;-)

For something completely (and in some sense mind-bogglingly)
different, see:

www.nakedobjects.org

At least it gets rid of menus, toolbars and all that stuff.

You might also want to look at the Morphic interface in
Squeak. (www.squeak.org)

John Roth





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