Well, some errors in the sum up : For TkHtml : " - It's still TK, any form element for example is still an ugly TK widget." Wrong because it's you who handle these tags and you can create another widget : why not a pixmap widget ? For XML2GUI : Are you sure you understood XML2GUI ? For me, XML2GUI was a system to create interfaces for several toolkits and not the link you provided : XML2GUI was to be designed by us... >From events and logic it generates a XML which is used by a specific engine to render the widgets described in the XML.... For XUL : and for Youness it's decided on the compil time : can you switch from GTK2 to QT in Firefox ? No. (By the way is there a QT engine for XUL ?) Phil
> > TkHTML: > > --------- > > Pro: > > - Seems to render HTML real good > > - Supports CSS1 (TkHtml version 3) > > > > Con: > > - It's still TK, any form element for example is still an ugly TK widget. > > - It only renders HTML, which is perfectly fit for the contents of our > > main window (except the menu bar), but not for anything else (e.g. dialog > > windows). > > - Depends on a single toolkit: TK > > > > Doubtful: > > - Seems to be very permissive for bad HTML code. This may be easy when > > creating the code, but also may cause non-wellformed code to go > > unnoticed, which then may break in another TkHtml version. (On bad > > markup, behavior is undefined, and thus may not always be the same.) > > > > > > xml2gui (http://wiki.tcl.tk/8908) > > ----------- > > Pro: > > - Very familiar: 1-to-1 mapping of TK commands to XML > > - Everything possible with pure TK is also possible with this xml2gui > > > > Con: > > - It's still TK, so it's still ugly. > > - Depends on a single toolkit: TK > > - Nothing like CSS supported > > > > > > GladeXML > > ----------- > > Pro: > > - Can handle any type of GTK widget > > - If you got Glade, you can just draw your GUI > > - In use by many projects, seems to work great. > > > > Con: > > - Hard to hand-code XML > > - Depends on a single toolkit: GTK > > - Nothing like CSS supported > > - Will not blend with HTML (but Pango markup is supported) > > > > > > > > XUL > > ---- > > Pro: > > - Straight-forward and easy to use XML tag set > > - Can be mixed with other XML-based languages (e.g. XHMTL) using XML > > namespaces > > - Supports CSS2, as well as some extensions to that. > > - Localization support (by means of XML entities). [To be 100% honest: > > this might work with some other XML, but here it is in the specs, so it's > > sure to be supported.] > > - Can support a native toolkit on every platform. (on Linux: GTK2) > > - We all know the proof that it works: Firefox > > - XULRunner can run embedded in another app (not yet complete in current > > version) [Probably not needed, but you never know...] > > > > Con: > > - You'll need to use XPCOM to bind code to the GUI. [XPCOM is Mozilla's > > component system. It is best described as a cross-platform subset of > > Microsoft's COM. Using this may require C++, I'm not yet sure of that.] > > > > Doubtful: > > - Will enforce a package structure. For aMSN2 this will probably be a per > > plugin package structure, but that is not 100% sure yet. Anyway, one can > > regard this either as a pro or a con. Personally I'd like it per-plugin, > > otherwise not. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn > > cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Amsn-devel mailing list > > Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn > cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Amsn-devel mailing list > Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Amsn-devel mailing list Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel
