On 2012-07-23 05:04:39 +0000, Nick Sabalausky
<seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com> said:
Personally I like abstraction layers for GUI: it means you don't have to
deal with twenty different system-specific (and idiosyncratic) APIs.
For example, I hope I never have to touch Win32 directly again.
Win32 is a special case. It's old and low-level, no one wants to touch
it. Even those who build directly on it abstract it with a layer of
their own.
Abstraction layers for GUI are not inherently bad, but they also tend
to blur platform specificities. This often results in apps that feel a
little alien on every platform. So whether you should use them or not
depends on your priorities.
--
Michel Fortin
michel.for...@michelf.ca
http://michelf.ca/
