From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2002-01-22T18:18:58+09:00
Subject: RE: RANT: Ruby GUI API

> From: Chris Thomas [mailto:cjack@cjack.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:07 AM
>
>
> I would rather see something like SWT, which is what the Java AWT (Awful
> Window Toolkit) should have been:
[snip]
> I am not convinced that SWT's design is proven WRT cross-platform
> viability
> (I don't think Motif and Win32 are different enough to constitute such
> proof), but I do think this approach can work. It would have the
> benefit of
> giving us a pure Ruby framework while preserving the underlying
> feel of the
> platform.

I also think the SWT approach is very promising. I hope there is someone out
there who will consider porting SWT or doing something similar in Ruby.

Curt