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In lugnet.cad.dev, Leonardo Zide wrote:
> Personally I don't think using GTK under Windows is a good idea. I've
> worked with it before and even released an application that used it and
> you won't believe the amount of people that have trouble using a Windows
> application with controls that don't look like the native ones.
The look and feel is one of the reasons why I rejected GTK
> IMO Qt looks better under both Windows and Linux (it uses the native
> Windows widgets) but it adds an extra pre processor step that makes your
> compile times unacceptable. It's been a while since I last tried it so
> things could be better now.
To me, compile times are a non issue. However the non-free nature of Qt leaves
a bad taste in my mouth (and I not even a Open Source zealot). I can however
develop a Qt based program on my Mac (when I get it form Apple) and then find
someone to compile a Windows binary for me if I want.
> I've heard good things about wxwidgets but never tried it myself,
> maybe it's worth taking a look.
I had a look at their website and this looks promising. Thanks for the tip.
-Orion
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