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Name collision--QNX's gui was/is also named "Photon MicroGUI" and that is what I thought this post was going to be about: http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.5

Name collision--QNX's gui was/is also named "Photon MicroGUI" and that is what I thought this post was going to be about: http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.5.0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.qnx.doc.neutrino_sys_arch%2Fphoton.html http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.5.0/index.jsp?topic=%2F...

ObscureScience 7y ago
This was what I thought as well. It's really too close. But awesome project nonetheless. I've given FLTK a try and while it's usable it seems a bit old in it's architecture.
- kazinator 7y ago
  The only difference is the word break: "microgui" versus "micro gui".
asark 7y ago
Can confirm. Came in expecting the other Photon MicroGUI ("now there's a name I've not heard in a long time"), was surprised/disappointed. Man QNX+Photon made for a nice GUI operating environment. Rivaled only by BeOS on my "GUI environments/systems I wish had made a bigger splash" scale.
- octetta 7y ago
  Totally agree with you. While I've been away from QNX for a long time, I did enjoy this API and system design. When I saw it go EOL, I made an appeal for them to open source it. Never heard a peep.
  - nineteen999 7y ago
    QNX is EOL? Really? The last release was only in 2017. I hadn't heard this was happening and I can't seem to find any reference to it.
- nobleach 7y ago
  I recall that QNX/Photon floppy disk in the late 90s. The entire OS and a GUI on a single floppy!!! (And it didn't look like GeOS or Windows 1)
- morganvachon 7y ago
  > Rivaled only by BeOS Those were the days! I had BeOS as my only OS for over a year until it became clear that Palm wasn't going to continue supporting and updating it. It wasn't long after that I got into QNX, initially because of my interest in embedded systems, but after running Photon on a test machine I fell in love with it almost as much as I loved BeOS.
scottlocklin 7y ago
Was just going to say this. Thanks. QNX was/presumably still is amazing in its simplicity and correctness.
rbanffy 7y ago
That brings back fond memories. Both of my BB10 phones and my first experience with C (and vi). I learned C on a PC running QNX.
morganvachon 7y ago
Same. I don't understand why the authors of the linked project couldn't have done five minutes of research for the name. Or perhaps they did, and figured since QNX has moved on it would somehow make sense to take over the name? As shown here, that only leads to confusion.
- BearOso 7y ago
  I’ve never seen the phrase “microgui” used besides with QNX and this. With “photon” it’s so unique that there’s a 0% chance they hadn’t heard the name before. I’d like to know their reasoning.
djowel64 7y ago
Hi I'm Joel, the the author of Photon. Thanks for noting. I honestly did not know. Oh well... It seems I have to change the name.
skocznymroczny 7y ago
I expected this http://photonkit.com/ http://photonkit.com/ , which is also a GUI project

ObscureScience 7y ago

This was what I thought as well. It's really too close. But awesome project nonetheless. I've given FLTK a try and while it's usable it seems a bit old in it's architecture.

kazinator 7y ago
The only difference is the word break: "microgui" versus "micro gui".

asark 7y ago

Can confirm. Came in expecting the other Photon MicroGUI ("now there's a name I've not heard in a long time"), was surprised/disappointed. Man QNX+Photon made for a nice GUI operating environment. Rivaled only by BeOS on my "GUI environments/systems I wish had made a bigger splash" scale.

octetta 7y ago
Totally agree with you. While I've been away from QNX for a long time, I did enjoy this API and system design. When I saw it go EOL, I made an appeal for them to open source it. Never heard a peep.
- nineteen999 7y ago
  QNX is EOL? Really? The last release was only in 2017. I hadn't heard this was happening and I can't seem to find any reference to it.
nobleach 7y ago
I recall that QNX/Photon floppy disk in the late 90s. The entire OS and a GUI on a single floppy!!! (And it didn't look like GeOS or Windows 1)
morganvachon 7y ago
> Rivaled only by BeOS Those were the days! I had BeOS as my only OS for over a year until it became clear that Palm wasn't going to continue supporting and updating it. It wasn't long after that I got into QNX, initially because of my interest in embedded systems, but after running Photon on a test machine I fell in love with it almost as much as I loved BeOS.

scottlocklin 7y ago

Was just going to say this. Thanks. QNX was/presumably still is amazing in its simplicity and correctness.

rbanffy 7y ago

That brings back fond memories. Both of my BB10 phones and my first experience with C (and vi). I learned C on a PC running QNX.

morganvachon 7y ago

Same. I don't understand why the authors of the linked project couldn't have done five minutes of research for the name. Or perhaps they did, and figured since QNX has moved on it would somehow make sense to take over the name? As shown here, that only leads to confusion.

BearOso 7y ago
I’ve never seen the phrase “microgui” used besides with QNX and this. With “photon” it’s so unique that there’s a 0% chance they hadn’t heard the name before. I’d like to know their reasoning.

djowel64 7y ago

Hi I'm Joel, the the author of Photon. Thanks for noting. I honestly did not know. Oh well... It seems I have to change the name.

skocznymroczny 7y ago

I expected this http://photonkit.com/ http://photonkit.com/ , which is also a GUI project