On Mon, 2013-12-02 at 08:42 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote: > On 2013-11-28 21:54, Xavier Bigand wrote: > > > Yep, that the goal, having applications with a real personality. I don't > > think it's an issue especially when application is full screen and > > respect pictographs (icons and texts) standards,...
Just beware of creating robots with "Genuine People Personality", remember Marvin :-) > > Having custom UI can help applications to improve ergonomic with > > dedicated behaviors when it's needed. > > > > D itself isn't limited to one policy, you can do objects or not,... the > > only things that is important is to let a strong default couple of style > > and ergonomic without adding complexity for users want do some custom > > stuff. > > > > > > What is native on windows ? > > - Win32 > > - Winforms > > - Qt Widgets (that is near Win32)? > > > > And on linux ? > > - GTK (with gnome and KDE) > > - Qt QML (KDE future) Both on GNOME certainly. > > A native UI isn't necessary considered as the standard one, maybe Qt > > have a chance to be a real standard (on many platforms). > > I would say that the native GUI is the one that is installed by default > and you can always rely on being available. Sure, that may mean multiple > native GUI's. Running Debian Unstable or Fedora 19, you have both GTK and Qt. But as noted in the list above Qt works easily on more platforms. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
