From: Rob Saul <wyrd@...>
Date: 2010-01-12T03:29:25+09:00
Subject: Re: The Ruby GUI debacle

Florian Gilcher wrote:
> 
> What exactly is the "power of Swing"? The deal-breaker for me always was that there 
> seems to be no possibility to create native-feel applications on OS X because I have 
> yet to find a possibility to create menus in the menubar instead of the window. Swing 
> does not know this concept and doesn't care. 

This ability has been available for quite some time.  In fact, if you
try NetBeans on OS X you will see it in action.  Try Googling 'java os x 
menu bar'.

Having looked at various "cross platform" GUI frameworks over the years
I have yet to see one that pleases 100% of developers 100% of the time.

Ruby has a number of GUI framework hooks available.  Finding the one
that works for you is the trick.  One has to be willing to invest some
time in trying at least a couple.


	~Rob