Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th Sep 2008 14:03 UTC, submitted by John Mills
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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RE[7]: They should have used Qt
by evangs on Tue 16th Sep 2008 19:10
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RE[8]: They should have used Qt
by -pekr- on Tue 16th Sep 2008 19:41
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I think that your post is nearly not worth replying to. I occupy respected IT possition and don't need to be taught where should I work and what should I say. So please stop talking crap and start to actually use some arguments.
Who said cross platform toolkit has to look ugly? What if something like that looks quite cool? And is consistent too? Then what?
You sound like OS fanatic fanboy, who thinks that "native" is always consistent. Well then, what about Office 2007 and Microsoft with tonnes of their UI experts?
RE[8]: They should have used Qt
by david87656 on Wed 17th Sep 2008 05:37
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Member since:2008-09-03
You should have worked at Sun's PR. "Java Swing is ugly, but it's equally ugly on all platforms. Give us credit for consistency!"
Who says Swing is ugly? That might have been true three or four years ago but Swing produces attractive GUI's now. Due to the "lowest common denominator" syndrom it can be difficult to program, especially the non-thread-safe aspect, but I find the produced GUI appealing.
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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 ....