Re: EuGTK Uprising
- Posted by irv Nov 07, 2010
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Well, there are a few factors which keep me from making this cross-platform.
First of all, developing & debugging the Windows version was a royal pain, since many minor errors would hang Windows, requiring a reboot. Hundreds of 'em. I don't have to reboot Linux.
Secondly, I no longer have a computer with Windows, and don't want to waste money buying Windows 7 (which is, I suppose, the one this should be tested with, if any). Doing that might also require me to upgrade my computer hardware - don't want to do that either.
Thirdly, if there were a version for Windows (like there was for the previous EuGTK), people would complain about having to load the GTK libraries to make it work, and then that it looks "different" (IOW, better) than native Windows controls.
Finally, the whole design philosophy of GTK and Windows is different. Windows programmers won't easily make the transition.
