From: Joao Pedrosa <joaopedrosa@...>
Date: 2004-08-05T23:36:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Amazing GUI toolkit with visual designer & Ruby Integration

Hi,

--- Jamey Cribbs <cribbsj@oakwood.org> wrote:

> H. Simpson wrote:
> 
> >   And a bit dissappointed that FLTK isn't as
> popular as Fox in Ruby 
> > (perhaps due to the same misperceptions I
> initially had due to the 
> > crappy FLTK website screenshots).
> 
> 
> Maybe it's because the latest version of FXRuby is
> dated July 2004 
> (which included a Windows binary), while the version
> of Ruby-FLTK that I 
> found on Sourceforge was dated November 2002 (which
> did not include a 
> Windows binary).

And, maybe ('cause I don't know... just guessing), the
excitement for FLTK is due to a GUI designer. Ah, GUI
designers... :-) 

There is one thing that complicates too much the
creation of GUI designers that is the use of layout
managers. I don't think that Glade is the ultimate GTK
GUI designer, but it is the only one we have, guess
why?

I want to believe that a good GUI library coupled with
a great language is enough to make a GUI designer less
needed, though the successful examples from history
(Delphi, VB, Access) have always had GUI designers.
What's gonna be next? The same old stuff in new
clothes?

Anyway, this isn't directed at anyone. Sorry for the
noise. 

Cheers,
Joao


		
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