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> Does this mean GTK2 and GTK3 are... to be avoided for new projects / dead? not dead but... here's for instance how Wireshark looked on macOS when it was usin

> Does this mean GTK2 and GTK3 are... to be avoided for new projects / dead? not dead but... here's for instance how Wireshark looked on macOS when it was using GTK : https://blog.wireshark.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/osx-x11.png https://blog.wireshark.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/osx-x1... and here's how it looks now that it is using Qt : https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/wireshark-3-0-released-as-world-s-most-popular-network-protocol-analyzer-525173-2.jpg https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/wireshark-3-0-re...

ori_b 7y ago
Yeah, nobody set a theme for GTK in that screenshot, and GTK themes tend to look different from the native theme on non-Linux OSes regardless. But, the trend is towards Electron, which also integrates poorly with the OS -- so, I'm not sure how much looking native matters any more.
- LaGrange 7y ago
  Eeh. It might be perception, but I feel like it was the other way around — around the time iPhone came out, a lot of apps eschewed compliance in favour of achieving clearer identity. I think that cleared the way for electron — I actually vaguely remember some people talking about using html-based apps because they made achieving a specific visual design easier, not because of the portability benefits. And for example AFAIK the new Apple Music app is using a web view for some parts of itself, and as much as I like having "light" apps, I generally prefer interacting with Electron UIs over most QT apps.
gray_-_wolf 7y ago
I like the first one more, am I weird?
- toast0 7y ago
  The first one isn't Mac like --- the menu bar doesn't go on the top of the window. I don't necessarily think that's great, but that's the way it should be on a Mac.
lazka 7y ago
Here is how a gtk app looked in 2014 on macOS: https://i.imgur.com/1e669Tp.png https://i.imgur.com/1e669Tp.png
ducktective 7y ago
not bad-looking for gtk?

ori_b 7y ago

Yeah, nobody set a theme for GTK in that screenshot, and GTK themes tend to look different from the native theme on non-Linux OSes regardless. But, the trend is towards Electron, which also integrates poorly with the OS -- so, I'm not sure how much looking native matters any more.

LaGrange 7y ago
Eeh. It might be perception, but I feel like it was the other way around — around the time iPhone came out, a lot of apps eschewed compliance in favour of achieving clearer identity. I think that cleared the way for electron — I actually vaguely remember some people talking about using html-based apps because they made achieving a specific visual design easier, not because of the portability benefits. And for example AFAIK the new Apple Music app is using a web view for some parts of itself, and as much as I like having "light" apps, I generally prefer interacting with Electron UIs over most QT apps.

gray_-_wolf 7y ago

I like the first one more, am I weird?

toast0 7y ago
The first one isn't Mac like --- the menu bar doesn't go on the top of the window. I don't necessarily think that's great, but that's the way it should be on a Mac.

lazka 7y ago

Here is how a gtk app looked in 2014 on macOS: https://i.imgur.com/1e669Tp.png https://i.imgur.com/1e669Tp.png

ducktective 7y ago

not bad-looking for gtk?