From: Jeffrey Schwab <jeff@...>
Date: 2005-12-01T04:12:31+09:00
Subject: Re: GUI IDE for Ruby

graham wrote:
> Damphyr wrote:
> 
>>> Interesting point. I'll look into Tk.
>>
>> This is actually a point that is valid with almost all widget systems 
>> *except* the one  Microsoft uses.
> 
> ... and that could be the reason why there are many more apps in VB than 
> almost anything else. VB (and its Visual Studio counterparts) allow you 
> put something together quickly. All this messing about with layout 
> managers and graph paper is a PITA..
> (GUI newbie with a VB background :)


PITA for a lazy developer, maybe.  As a GUI user, I hate text fields 
that don't grow as I widen the frames that contain them.  It's not a 
solution to try preventing the using from resizing the dialog, either.