Re: Portable GUIs
- Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Dec 06, 1999
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Someone wrote: > > Depends on how low that LCD is. Sometimes there can > > be a lot of utility in such an approach, especially > > for business oriented code. > > I agree in principle. In practice, users demand a fairly rich API, and will > prefer to use a larger and non-portable API over a smaller and portable API. > True. I think GraphApp is about the lowest-common-denominator, working on Win/Linux/MAC, and iirc, one or two of the controls had to be emulated even then. There really are a lot more controls/widgets/whatever you choose to call them, that should be added to get from the LCD to a point where most people will be satisfied. We're spoiled, I guess. Regards, Irv