On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Devyn Cairns <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Mathew Cucuzella<[email protected]> wrote: > > A few things you should seriously consider first. > > > > 1. Like Etienne described very well, check out your API's first. I would > say > > this includes the GUI. My fairly small program works great under Linux, > but > > crashes all the time under Windows. I don't think Windows support is > really > > there yet. > > 2. If Windows support is improved in the upcoming version, I think that > will > > be based on the next Ruby version, so make sure you don't have any > > incompatibilities there either. > > 3. I think _why has pretty much said that Shoes is more of a drawing > > platform than a forms-input style application platform. Make sure you > have > > all the form elements you need (e.g., no drop-down boxes). It doesn't > look > > to be a safe bet that Shoes will be going in toward form styled > applications > > in the future. > > The list_box element IS a drop-down box, or are you talking about > something else? You are right. I must be thinking of something else I wanted to use for my app. -mat
