Am Donnerstag, den 02.09.2010, 11:07 -0700 schrieb Cory Nelson:
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Daniel Pfeifer <daniel@pfeifer-mail.de> wrote:
Am Donnerstag, den 02.09.2010, 10:14 -0400 schrieb Edward Diener:
... I personally would prefer a modern C++ GUI based around Boost and any other modern C++ libraries as well as the constructs soon to be incorporated in the next C++ standard.
Who would not?
If Boost had such a library, would anyone around here even consider using wxWidgets or Qt? Probably not?
I think then anyone should agree that such a library could be useful to have in Boost.
Whether it is worth the effort to create such a library is a completely different question.
Looking at the latest advancements in UI like Microsoft WPF, I think it would definitely be worth the effort to bring a modern UI framework to C++. We could do _so much better_ than wxWidgets, Qt, and GTK. I think a better question is: could enough people agree on its design?
That depends on your definition of 'enough'. Don't expect the whole Boost community to develop a GUI library together. Most Boost libraries have one to three authors. Qt was designed by two developers. This seems to be the perfect size for a team to agree on design. Once there is a good design and maybe a prototype, finding more developers should be a minor problem. cheers, Daniel