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> The trick was that when Gtk/Gnome came out there was no existing solution. So, even a bad one was okay. There were existing solutions, e.g. Motif or Athena w
by gfour 12y ago
> The trick was that when Gtk/Gnome came out there was no existing solution. So, even a bad one was okay.
There were existing solutions, e.g. Motif or Athena widgets if you wanted a GUI library, or FVWM if you wanted a desktop environment. Of course, GTK/GNOME was a significant improvement.
- bsder 12y agoMogrief was a non-starter due to license. Lesstif was a pile of fail forever. Athena widgets? Are you trolling me? See Xfig for an example of how bad those are. Qt and Gtk were a breath of fresh air. And Qt got everybody's dander up due to 1) license and 2) C++ requirement. So, Gtk basically stepped into a vacuum.