I've had some questions as to why choose QT as the Widget Set for this little project and not something a bit more open like GTK+. The reason is portability to the M$ platform.
The goal of this little project (as it stands today) it for a great, universal IMAP mail client for all, not just the followers and the faithfull of the OpenSource movement. As such I run the usability of this little app on the M$ platforms just as highly as usability on the *NIX platforms.
Yes, I do know that the Windows version requires money to use, but I see that as a minor issue. I didn't say we need to have the windows client now, only possible...
Ideas, comments???
Chris
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Well, having been exposed to the Qt widget set, and from opinions expressed by numerous people it sounds like an excellent choice. Qt appears to be a much more mature widget set, with a decent class hierarchy and a nice method for event handling (signals and slots). As best I can tell, GTK+ is C++ bolted onto a C library. I've also found configuration of any gtk based apps very difficult.
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Greetings all...
I've had some questions as to why choose QT as the Widget Set for this little project and not something a bit more open like GTK+. The reason is portability to the M$ platform.
The goal of this little project (as it stands today) it for a great, universal IMAP mail client for all, not just the followers and the faithfull of the OpenSource movement. As such I run the usability of this little app on the M$ platforms just as highly as usability on the *NIX platforms.
Yes, I do know that the Windows version requires money to use, but I see that as a minor issue. I didn't say we need to have the windows client now, only possible...
Ideas, comments???
Chris
Well, having been exposed to the Qt widget set, and from opinions expressed by numerous people it sounds like an excellent choice. Qt appears to be a much more mature widget set, with a decent class hierarchy and a nice method for event handling (signals and slots). As best I can tell, GTK+ is C++ bolted onto a C library. I've also found configuration of any gtk based apps very difficult.