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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Re: is GUI a weak point?
From:       "Carl Woodward" <cjwoodward () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-04-05 10:37:27
Message-ID: aaf4ca010604050337p18676b1aqefb40500157fb6f2 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Java offers cross platform gui development that doesn't require
tweaking. Rails is great but webapps aren't everything. When you are
trying to develop 3d applications or applications that just need to be
run on a desktop (there are still plenty) then ruby is lacking.

On 4/5/06, azrael@cream.org <azrael@cream.org> wrote:
> > There are plenty of others but one thing that I would like to see/like
> > to start is a wrapper that allows you to switch between all of the
> > given frameworks using some sort of configuration.
> >
>
> Seems like a lot of effort for very little return. As somebody else has
> already said, if you want a cross-platform GUI, you're probably going to
> want to be using Rails.
>
> There really isn't such thing as a cross-platform GUI application,
> outside of web-land. It always needs tweaking, refining, polishing and
> testing for every major platform; as a result, what you're suggesting
> offers very little.
>
> Martin
>
>


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