From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2010-02-05T05:42:21+09:00
Subject: Re: What about Limelight?

Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
> James Britt wrote:
>> Roger Pack wrote:
>>>> looking into GUIs, I came across LimeLight, an API for JRuby.  I tried
>>>> out a few of the examples, and I liked what I saw.  But I wonder... why
>>>> is it rarely mentioned in these forums?  Is it not a regular GUI API?
>>> Quite new, and so hasn't had time to build a community.  To get any 
>>> library to become "popular" takes awhile and a lot of work and 
>>> publicity, typically.
>> It's also fairly limited, offering (last time I checked) the equivalent
>> of HTML 3.2 for desktop apps.
> 
> Uh, what?  I don't think Limelight uses HTML.

Correct.  That's why I said "equivalent of HTML 3.2 for desktop apps"

You're limited to some small set of widgets and input fields, much like 
HTML 3.2.

No calendar controls,  no sortable tables,  etc.

(Again, if I'm wrong about this, please correct me.)


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