[Pythonmac-SIG] Crossplatform UI libraries best supported on the Mac?

[Bob Ippolito]

On May 24, 2005, at 10:19 AM, Karl Merkley wrote:

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> On May 24, 2005, at 9:57 AM, Bob Ippolito wrote:
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>> On May 24, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Karl Merkley wrote:
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>>> All I can say is that I ported my very large, very complex app to  
>>> the
>>> Mac during the last 6 month release cycle.  Qt was the least of my
>>> worries.   Everything worked great with a single code base on all my
>>> platforms.  I did run into one problem with custom cursors and I  
>>> had to
>>> disable them on the Mac.  A bummer but not a killer.    Yes, I  
>>> did have
>>> to do my own packaging using the installl_name_tool.  I had to  
>>> build a
>>> script to build the bundle for me.  But I have so many component
>>> libraries and frameworks that I wanted to make sure that I know  
>>> exactly
>>> what is going on anyway.
>>>
>>
>> But does it look and feel like a typical Mac OS X application?   
>> Though, it sounds like you have the sort of application where that  
>> doesn't really matter -- and maybe it's not even what you're going  
>> for (custom cursors!).
>>
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> Actually, it does have a nice Mac look and feel.  The application  
> is a CAD-like thing and the custom cursors help the user to know if  
> you are picking a vertex, curve, surface, or volume.  All that  
> happens in a custom graphics window.   I am currently recommending  
> that Mac users get a 3-button mouse (heresy!) because while there  
> is a capability to switch mouse interactions for the 3-D  
> environment it is not currently very Mac friendly.  Next release ;-)

Yeah, in the case where your application is a big custom widget, the  
"look and feel" issue doesn't really exist.. though most applications  
aren't in that boat.

-bob