From: Ruby Student <ruby.student@...>
Date: 2010-01-12T02:34:17+09:00
Subject: Re: The Ruby GUI debacle

Hi Robert,

I thought I did define what "easy" was on my very first note.
I compared "easy" to what MS VB can do.
I recall that back on the mid 90s, I played with VB and also with
product, now defunct, from CA named Realizer, which was a VB
competitor.
Both products were "easy" to use.

Again, I am sorry that this thing is taking so much time from so many
nice people, like yourself. I thought this was an "innocent" question!

You know, one of the biggest problem I find with the majorities of the
GUI toolkits for Ruby is the placing of the widgets where you want
them.
Hopefully a drag&drop will let me, visually, place the damn things
where I want them without having to experiment much!

Thank you for your comments!

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Robert Klemme
<shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 2010/1/11 Ruby Student <ruby.student@gmail.com>:
>> That been said, please do keep in mind that I am in a facts-finding
>> mission for a cross-platform GUI and which I find "easy". Again,
>> "easy" is also a subject word, as you know.
>
> Maybe you get better directions if you define what "easy" means for
> you.  So far I have only seen that "easy" means "there is graphical
> user interface builder".  Is there more to it?
>
> Side note: I once heard from a seasoned Java developer that he used
> graphical UI designers only in the beginning and later turned to hand
> written Swing.  Apparently he was more productive that way.  I have no
> idea whether that experience is exceptional or rather common.
>
> Kind regards
>
> robert
>
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Ruby Student