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From: Michael Bode <m.g.bode@web.de>
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Subject: Re: New Ada portable GUI Library?
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> Actually this is an independent issue. Nothing prevents us from inheriting
> the look-and-feel of the target platform. The look-and-feel should/could
> propagate up the layers, provided the design supports look-and-feel
> management. IMO it should.

So what look-and-feel do you use on Linux? Please don't say Athena
Widgets. There are 2 major desktops: KDE (Qt) and Gnome (Gtk). If you
want some kind of 'native' look-and-feel you better choose one of them
and don't forget support for native themes. Even Swing can do that.

> However, weighting look-and-feel and an ability to have a standard library,
> I would say that I am ready to sacrifice look-and-feel.

You won't attract many GUI developers if their apps look crappy with
your lib.

-- 
No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law. 
He simply follows the eleventh commandment.
-- R.A. Heinlein