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When it said "GUI framework", I kind of expected a way to make cross-platform apps with their native UI controls, not a web view with an embedded PHP executabl
by fredsted 12y ago
When it said "GUI framework", I kind of expected a way to make cross-platform apps with their native UI controls, not a web view with an embedded PHP executable.
- kyriakos 12y agoBindings with native GUI would have been great.
- joev_ 12y agoCan you list some native UI controls that you'd like to use but can't recreate in HTML? I am writing a similar framework and would like to know the use-cases for doing this. Edit: besides Window and Menu, of course
- fredsted 12y agoYou can recreate almost anything in css/html but you'd have to write a different style for each OS yourself, and it will never match the actual "feel" of the UI. It'll be a little off. Also, for example Mac OS X has lots of little widgets like the share button. Maybe someone could make a Bootstrap-like project for these kinds of things?
- TheAceOfHearts 12y agoThere's tint2 for doing native apps with JS.
- elsjaako 12y agoI recently spent an afternoon trying to get a webapp to accept drag and drop emails from outlook. I didn't manage. I am considering making a native app to interact.
- leeoniya 12y agomaybe see wxPHP [1] [1] http://wxphp.org/ http://wxphp.org/
- thrillgore 12y agoThere used to be a GTK binding for PHP. It wasn't a good idea then, and I don't see how it is now as a self-contained web app.
- ecaron 12y agohttp://gtk.php.net/ http://gtk.php.net/ - it was a noble effort but I think they all hit the same realization we expect and everyone walked away 4 years ago.
- coldtea 12y agoThe only "realization" they hit was that both GTK and the port was poorly maintained in most platforms. If it was better done and with more manpower, there would be absolutely no problem with people using it...