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On macOS the native UI language is very consistent and it’s very easy to decide whether an app looks and feels native. And AFAIK Qt is the only production-ready
by oefrha 6y ago
On macOS the native UI language is very consistent and it’s very easy to decide whether an app looks and feels native. And AFAIK Qt is the only production-ready cross-platform toolkit that even comes close to native on macOS.
On Windows there are like at least three or four kinds of “native”, I don’t even know what’s “native enough” there.
- int_19h 6y agoI can only think of two kinds of "native" on Windows when it comes to look & feel - Win32 apps, and WinRT apps. Ideally, a modern GUI framework would have backends for both. (Stuff like WPF still has a Win32 L&F, even if it draws the widgets itself, same as Qt.)
- nyanpasu64 6y agoIn my opinion there's more than two kinds of native if you pay attention to the details. Themes: Unstyled Win32, styled Win32, WinForms (which is part Win32 and part custom controls), WPF (which sorta imitates Win32 and doesn't quite look like it), and UWP. Fonts: Microsoft Sans Serif, Tahoma, Segoe UI, and non-English fonts.