Good Looking UI for a stand alone application

[Peter Decker]

On 12/17/06, Luc Heinrich <luc at honk-honk.com> wrote:

> > My requirement is that the application needs to look as good on Windows as
> > on the Apple Mac
>
> Crossplatform GUIs are a myth, you *always* end up with a lowest common
> denominator (aka Windows) which makes your application look like crap on
> other platforms. And when the toolkit/framework only makes it look like
> semi-crap, it makes it *feel* like crap.

You're full of it. I routinely write GUI apps in Dabo for both Windows
and Linux users, and they look just fine on both platforms. Using
sizers is the key; layouts just 'look right' no matter what the native
fonts and control sizes are.

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