Speaking of embedded web apps, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_Embedded_Framework https://code.google.com/p/chromiumembedded/
-- Dhruv Baldawa (http://www.dhruvb.com) On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@nibrahim.net.in>wrote: > Sriram Karra <karra....@gmail.com> writes: > > > [...] > > > Isn't that the case with any cross-platform toolkit - if the intent is > > to be cross platform? > > Yes but going inside the browser is more of a sacrifice than other > approaches. I mean, just launching the app will start a web server and > then a browser and take you inside there to do a task that should be > done locally. You don't get any of the native widgets (which you would > if you something like wx) and none of the behaviour you've configured > for local GUI apps. > > I guess YMMV but if a local app launches a web server and a browser to > get things done, it's a deal breaker for me. > > [...] > > > Can you give some specific examples of what is possible in a Python > > app using a cross platform GUI toolkit and NOT possible with a webapp > > architecture when the web server and the browser are running on the > > same machine? > > Hmmm. That's a good point. You're planning to use the HTML+CSS+JS purely > for presentation (instead of a gui toolkit). I suppose most things can > be done although perhaps using a combination of HTML/CSS/JS for UI and > then sending messages to the backend and doing the work there. This > sounds convoluted to me and I think it's overkill for a web app. > > As for things not possible with a web app that work fine with a GUI, I > can think of games and other resource demanding applications but those > are not particularly cross platform anyway so you're right. > > -- > Cordially, > Noufal > http://nibrahim.net.in > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers