Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: > On 4/2/07, Florian Klaempfl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Having native controls is simply something people request. Just try to >> convince somebody to use a Qt or GTK application on Windows or MacOS. >> They will tell you always it looks and behaves strange. Consistent > > Getting a native look is easy. QThemes (or something like that) was a > add on unit for CLX which could make a Kylix application look exactly > like XP (blue and silver themes) and exactly like a few GTK themes.
Maybe on the first glance, but you usually discover very quickly that an application is not native either because of the behaviour or because you don't use a standard theme. Don't get me wrong: native widget support and own drawn widgets are simply something different. Some people want native widgets others don't care. The same applies to vcl compatibility: some people want it others don't care. Lazarus went probably the hard way (native controls and vcl compatibility) because this is what the most users want but I think user drawn controls would be a valuable contribution to lazarus especially because you could create applications with very little external dependencies. _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives