[Mono-list] Why doesn't Mono do cross platform GUI development like Java?

[Edward Ned Harvey (mono)]

> From: mono-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com [mailto:mono-list-
> bounces at lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mitchell
> 
> It seems there is also an offering from nevron
> 
> https://www.nevron.com

There are lots of products and projects out there offering widgets and visualizations - Syncfusion, Telerik,  Steema,  ComponentOne, DevExpress, Infragistics...  These are just the ones listed at the bottom of the page on  http://xamarin.com/forms

A true alternative GUI toolkit that allows you to design forms & applications and run them natively cross-platform, I believe, is what Xvm and Eto.Forms are about.  Like what Windows Forms and WPF would be, if you could count on them being reliable and available cross-platform.  And like what GTK would be, if given the same conditions - but unfortunately generally not safe to assume it's present or even conveniently installable.