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On 04 Feb 2016, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

> On 03/02/2016 23:11, Randy Brukardt wrote:
(snip)
>> All my GUI work to date has been on Windows, for which (as I'm sure you
>> know) we constructed Claw -- which depends on nothing other than the stuff
>> Microsoft includes in the OS (and an Ada compiler). If I wanted to make a
>> portable GUI today, I'd use HTML directly for simple systems and most likely
>> something like GNOGA for more complex ones. If you're going to compromise
>> with a "portable" GUI, might was well use something that really does work
>> anywhere (and you get remote access for free).
>
> Well, I don't think browser-based GUI will ever replace native GUI.

Quite probably, but I do expect things like http://electron.atom.io/ to
see increasing use, especially by those maintain both web and desktop
interfaces to their systems; it's kind of the opposite of Google Web
Toolkit's approach. Such tools seem to become increasingly available and
usable.

-- Mark