I think though the comment was made though that that GUI builders
actually have to work properly, otherwise you end up getting
frustrated and short-circuiting them.  I know I have on many
occasions. :)

On Jul 24, 6:29 pm, Peter Becker <[email protected]> wrote:
> TorNorbye wrote:
> > I don't think anyone developing UIs should be writing layout code by
> > hand.
>
> I tend to disagree. Maybe it is my incompetence with the tools, but I
> like the full control in nesting and grouping components into related
> elements. Maybe I change things around too much -- any large structural
> change always seems a pain in GUI editors. Maybe I'm too much of an
> IDE-Dick and don't like the fact of relying on a particular tool. But
> while I try GUI builders every now and then, I always end up writing the
> code myself in the end. GUI builders still feel too much of a one-way
> street to me, nice for prototyping, but nothing for code I'd like to
> maintain in the long run.
>
> But it might be just my personal attitude.
>
>   Peter
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