[JDEV] Windows clients... MFC or GTK?

[Scott Robinson]

Of course there is the problem in that the GTK+ port to win32 isn't stable
in the slightest.

Scott.

* Zoom Juice translated into ASCII [Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 12:26:07PM -0700][<19990925192607.21332.rocketmail at web1605.mail.yahoo.com>]
> Hi, this is my first post to the list, or any open dev
> list for that matter.  I'm replying to an old message
> from the archives - it's old but it's important, I
> think....
> 
> Robert Thompson (robert at sv3.com) on Fri, 17 Sep 1999
> wrote:
> >Could somebody give me a suggestion as to how I can
> >begin getting involved in the Windows development
> >version of Jabber?
> >
> >I've joined the list but no activity (or is this it).
> >
> >I would really like to build using MFC because I have
> >8 years experience programming with it and can whip
> >about just about anything.
> 
> It seems to me there's a place for a MFC Windows
> client and no doubt somebody will build one, but it's
> not the only way.  There is a port of GIMP to Windows
> 95/98/NT that runs on top of a GTK port.  This port
> runs directly on top of GDI - no MFC or anything else
> except a Posix threads library.  Light and tight. 
> Check it out at:
> 
> http://user.sgic.fi/~tml/gimp/win32/
> 
> I downloaded the build (8 megs) and found it to be
> impressively stable and useable, also *very* flashy.
> 
> I'd like to suggest that building on Windows with GTK
> would be a whole lot more useful than building with
> MFC, and a lot easier too, with more impressive
> results.  Plus you can use an open tool like GLADE for
> interface building.  Plus the interfaces are stored in
> XML - kind of ties in, right?
> 
> Note that ICQ uses a distinctly un-MFC look, and that
> didn't slow it down a bit in terms of getting lots of
> users.  Personally, I think GTK widgets are nicer for
> the user than MFC widgets.  It's all themeable too, so
> if you want it to look like Windows, it will.  Or
> there could be an ICQ theme.  It goes on & on...
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