[DUG] Another reason for Delphi to move to MultiPlatforms

[Colin Fraser]

I have done a tiny bit of SWT work (cross platform Java... not Swing,  
but native controls, basically what Eclipse is built on)... a few  
things to tweak on each platform to make it right... but the results  
IMHO are better than a Swing app which tries to look native...

So it can be done... but lots of people would probably ask if it is  
worth it... (I think it is :-) )

Regards
Colin

On 21/10/2009, at 12:41 PM, Jolyon Smith wrote:

> Hey Todd,
>
> I'm not saying you can't create a cross platform GUI toolkit, what I'm
> saying is that if you think you can create a single source  
> application of
> any reasonable (UI) complexity using such a toolkit that creates
> applications that users of that application on each platform will  
> recognize
> and respect as a "first class" citizen on that platform... that's  
> the pipe
> dream.
>
> I think the danger is that most people that got/get excited about  
> cross
> platform think that what they get is some magic box that will allow  
> them to
> take their Windows application and then the "cross platform magic  
> happens"
> that turns it into a fully fledged Mac or Linux app.
>
> I think that out of all those people that said "yes please" to
> cross-platform, when the reality hits them I think a large number of  
> them
> will be disappointed ... "oh, but this isn't what we thought you  
> meant..."
>
>
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