On 10/24/07, bramble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 23, 2:59 pm, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/23/07, maco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Oct 13, 12:34 am, Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Qt doesn't look very native on my desktop. In fact, Qt apps have always > > > > looked out of place on a Gnome desktop. > > > > > > On Windows and Mac, no question, they look pretty native. You do have > > > > to take pains to make the app "feel" native, though. Like follow the UI > > > > guidelines of the platform, etc. > > > > > > > Just a question of "feeling" I think; because most of those GUI > > > > > framework, offer quiet the same functionality. > > > > > GTK (like Pidgin or the GIMP) looks pretty native on Windows to me. > > > > This can only be because you don't use these programs often, or you've > > never actually looked at them. The GIMP in particular has almost > > nothing in common with the native controls - it's got a different > > background color, a different drawing model (note nasty delayed > > repaints when resizing), clearly non-native dialogs like file pickers, > > non-standard menu icons, just a huge list. > > > > Pidgin has a fairly minimal interface so it's flaws are less obvious, > > but they're still there. > > > > If this doesn't bother you, more power to you, but don't make the > > mistake of thinking that GIMP is any way "native" on windows. > > In the end, GTK+ is themable, and it's a free software project, so if > the MS Windows port has warts, anyone can come along and polish it up > for that platform. >
There's been plenty to say about this in the past, so I will be brief: Being able to use the native theme API is necessary but not sufficient for native look and feel. Gtk doesn't even try for anything other than a cursory attempt at "look", and as far as I know doesn't have any real interest in doing so. I don't have any problem than that, but I don't like people misrepresenting what you get from using Gtk. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
