[Mono-list] Newbie question: GUI choice
Bryan Bulten
bryan@bulten.ca
Tue, 9 Nov 2004 09:34:55 -0800
Hello,
> I'm considering Mono as the environment for a cross-platform GUI
> application I'm designing. The app would ideally run with just one
> code base on Linux, OS X, and Windows.
>
> Is Windows.Forms the best choice for cross-platform GUI programming in
> Mono? I assume that Gtk# is Linux-specific, and Qt# looks like its
> going nowhere.
You may also want to consider wx.NET. It uses /native/ widgets on
each platform that you mentioned.
Gtk# does work on OSX, but requires the X11 server to be installed,
which may or may not be a deployment issue.
You can see wx.NET screenshots at:
http://wxnet.sourceforge.net/screenshots/
(Disclaimer: I am a wx.NET developer :-) )
Cheers.
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Bryan Bulten
http://www.bulten.ca/
http://wxnet.sourceforge.net/