When Google released its Chrome web browser not too long ago, it of course emphasised that the browser was an open source product. The browser contains 24 parts originating from 3rd parties, and to some surprise, one of those parts comes from one of Google's biggest enemies - Microsoft.
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Member since:2006-11-19
Skype uses QT only on Linux, On the Mac is uses Cocoa. You can find this out by looking at the exported names from the binary, only Cocoa and standard C names are used. It does not link or use QT in any way on the Mac.
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Same with tons of other applications, such as Mathematica which uses QT on Linux, Carbon on Mac and the standard GDI functions on Windows.
A lot of people seem to think that if an app uses QT on Linux, it uses QT on all other platforms.
One of big problems with QT is that non Mac users have no idea how terrible QT applications look and behave on the Mac.
Edited 2008-09-16 16:08 UTC
Member since:2006-03-28
"how terrible", "God awful" - what is that - technical evaluation of problem domain? :-)
I really don't know, what is so terrible with apps looking differently. In fact, with REBOL, I prefer non native widgets. I even think, it is some kind of advantage - to be different, while preserve the same app across the platforms. More so nowadays, in the internet app era, when ppl are more forgiving.
What is important imo is not look, but proper (system compatible) app behavior on certain platforms ....
Member since:
2005-07-06
But opera doesn't try to be native on any platform. In linux, even using KDE it feels out of place. I refer to applications like Skype for example (although I don't know how it looks on OSX, it seems native on Windows).