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Which widget library do you mostly use?
Roman:
--- Quote ---I use wxSmith for everyday work, and it works.
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It IS USEFUL, but is rather SCARY, especially for newbies. When a man (or girl) looks at wxSmith for a very first time he (or she) has a predisposition to be scared (all the new things are scary). wxSmith IMHO must kiss a guest with a pretty appearance. Change a background in the Form Designer to something cute and noobs wouldn't run away with panic. Buttons at the right IMHO also produce an impression of something hardcoded.
Best Regards
Roman
mike__t:
I find wxSmith quite useable, and appreciate the effort behind it. It's really quite quick to build a reasonably complex dialog, and is quite stable in day-to-day use.
The convenience of having it built into the IDE outweighs any small disadvantages it might have in comparison to wxFormBuilder, and unlike wxDev-cpp, it is cross platform.
I will say that I had to show another developer where to find the resource tree, and without that it's a little harder to use. Perhaps something could be done to make that easier to find (e.g. switch to it when the dialog editor is opened).
-Mike
Roman:
--- Quote ---And a fltk.org does not seem as creepy as rumors say
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Sorry, I didn't look at their forum
Best Regards
Roman
Grom:
--- Quote from: byo on April 11, 2007, 11:45:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: Grom on April 11, 2007, 03:43:27 am ---... If BYO will create something useful ...
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I use wxSmith for everyday work, and it works. So please, don't tell that my stuff is useless. I see that it does not meet your requirements (and you keep stating that for few months now), that really makes my "work" here harder (simply because it makes me discouraged).
BYO
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I do like your work. I wont to have as fast as you can provide packages and custom controls. To have something similar to the Borland's IDE. You have probably largest chance to do that.
Biplab:
Yesterday I wrote a reply and unfortunately I couldn't post it. :(
--- Quote from: Grom on April 11, 2007, 03:43:27 am ---The most successful story there in Borland IDE. They created a GUI library + developer, based on that library. When wx team will understand that - our life will be easier.
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Their tool cost an Arm and a Leg of a Developer. Especially if the developer belongs to developing country. The price is equivalent to 5-6 months' salary of an average software job. Forget about students, it may take their one year's study cost and living cost to buy that. So no wonder why it is so easy to use and customisable.
If wx team could've offered such alternative, it would've been nice to all. But I don't expect more from a free tool.
--- Quote from: byo on April 11, 2007, 11:45:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: Grom on April 11, 2007, 03:43:27 am ---... If BYO will create something useful ...
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I use wxSmith for everyday work, and it works. So please, don't tell that my stuff is useless. I see that it does not meet your requirements (and you keep stating that for few months now), that really makes my "work" here harder (simply because it makes me discouraged).
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I agree with Byo. He had to put a lot efforts to do that. Just look at the amount of code he has contribute and you'll start appreciating his efforts. :)
--- Quote from: mike__t on April 12, 2007, 12:26:00 am ---Perhaps something could be done to make that easier to find (e.g. switch to it when the dialog editor is opened).
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Good suggestion. :)
Regards,
Biplab
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