Re: [Mingw-users] developing cross-platform GUIs

[Mark W. <car...@gm...>]

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 21:54, Simson Garfinkel <si...@ac...> wrote:
> Hi. This is a question asking for opinions.
>
> I need to develop multi-platform (Mac, Windows, Linux) and have been using mingw for my command-line C++ tools. I'm thinking of adding a GUI. my options:
>
> 1. Java GUI that calls the back-end via a TCP connection.
> 2. Gtk+ compiled with mingw on windows.
> 3. Qt compiled with mingw on windows.
>
> Does anybody on the list have real experience with #2 or #3? Does it work well? Are there pitfalls? Is it pretty transparent and cross-platform?
>
> I did #3 a few years ago but haven't used Qt since the Nokia acquisition.

Qt is nicely cross-platform, but has one major limitation:
applications feel like Qt apps regardless of platform, rather than
feeling like platform-native apps.

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Mark