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These APIs are notoriously hard to get right and coherent, and releasing at such an early stage will make it hard to change anything when building up on this.

These APIs are notoriously hard to get right and coherent, and releasing at such an early stage will make it hard to change anything when building up on this. That said I do not know of any cross platform library in C, so this does seem to fill a niche.

mahmud 10y ago
Umm, Gtk?
- geon 10y ago
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but GTK isn't really native on anything but Gnome. Instead apps are just skinned to (mostly) look like each platform.
  - creshal 10y ago
    Yes. GTK on Windows is borderline useless unless you pour significant effort into optimizing your program for it; and under OSX no amount of effort will make it feel anywhere close to native.
    - pritambaral 10y ago
      I wonder how Deluge looks/feels on Windows or OS X. I've heard only good things about its native looks, but haven't ever used it on anything but Linux.
      - Langdal 10y ago
        It looks OK, but it is easy to see that it is not native: http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Deluge_1.png http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Deluge_1.png
- tehrei 10y ago
  Gtk (at least from 3 onwards) doesn't even aim to be cross-desktop on Linux, let alone cross-platform. Meaning, your gtk apps will always look and behave according to the Gnome conventions on all platforms, which could be what you want, depending on what cool-aid you're drinking ;) .
- ygra 10y ago
  Gtk doesn't use native controls. While grandparent didn't mention that detail, I think it's the deciding factor here.
mynameisbahaa 10y ago
what about http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/ http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/
zem 10y ago
there's iup [http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/ http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/] if you only want linux and windows. pleasant-to-use chicken scheme bindings too.
kazinator 10y ago
Plus it's MIT licensed. You can fork this easily and maintain its behavior the way it suits whatever you're building even if the upstream changes in breaking ways.
geon 10y ago
> releasing at such an early stage will make it hard to change anything when building up on this. Why? Release early and get feedback. Backward compatibility isn't holy. And it's just an alpha. No one expects the api to be stable.

mahmud 10y ago

Umm, Gtk?

geon 10y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but GTK isn't really native on anything but Gnome. Instead apps are just skinned to (mostly) look like each platform.
- creshal 10y ago
  Yes. GTK on Windows is borderline useless unless you pour significant effort into optimizing your program for it; and under OSX no amount of effort will make it feel anywhere close to native.
  - pritambaral 10y ago
    I wonder how Deluge looks/feels on Windows or OS X. I've heard only good things about its native looks, but haven't ever used it on anything but Linux.
    - Langdal 10y ago
      It looks OK, but it is easy to see that it is not native: http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Deluge_1.png http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Deluge_1.png
tehrei 10y ago
Gtk (at least from 3 onwards) doesn't even aim to be cross-desktop on Linux, let alone cross-platform. Meaning, your gtk apps will always look and behave according to the Gnome conventions on all platforms, which could be what you want, depending on what cool-aid you're drinking ;) .
ygra 10y ago
Gtk doesn't use native controls. While grandparent didn't mention that detail, I think it's the deciding factor here.

mynameisbahaa 10y ago

what about http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/ http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/

zem 10y ago

there's iup [http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/ http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/] if you only want linux and windows. pleasant-to-use chicken scheme bindings too.

kazinator 10y ago

Plus it's MIT licensed. You can fork this easily and maintain its behavior the way it suits whatever you're building even if the upstream changes in breaking ways.

geon 10y ago

> releasing at such an early stage will make it hard to change anything when building up on this. Why? Release early and get feedback. Backward compatibility isn't holy. And it's just an alpha. No one expects the api to be stable.