Hey guys, I'm running a short survey for the next few weeks to try to gather some information from the developer community in regards to GUI frameworks.
I'm hoping to gain some insight into what other people are looking for in a GUI library. I know what I wanted, and OpenGUI is already heading well towards my own goals, but I'm just one person with a bias opinion. External feedback is always desired.
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Posted 11 September 2006 - 01:38 PM
Ok.. I did the survery.
The questions somehow lack depth though. There's more in a UI than workflow considerations.
The questions somehow lack depth though. There's more in a UI than workflow considerations.
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Posted 11 September 2006 - 02:55 PM
Indeed there is a low more to a GUI than workflow, but workflow is really all that perspective users will ever care about. The underlying code of OpenGUI could be ugly and nearly unmanageable, and users wouldn't care one bit as long as that nastiness was never exposed to them.
My experience is that library users would much rather have great documentation, nifty whiz-bang features, a simplistic API, and support tools. The survey is intended to determine which areas GUI libraries are lacking and by how much, as perceived by those users. It also has the side effect of returning the general satisfaction people are having with competing libraries, and offers a few text entry fields so that people can express what they'd like to see a GUI library offer.
I certainly do appreciate the input though!
My experience is that library users would much rather have great documentation, nifty whiz-bang features, a simplistic API, and support tools. The survey is intended to determine which areas GUI libraries are lacking and by how much, as perceived by those users. It also has the side effect of returning the general satisfaction people are having with competing libraries, and offers a few text entry fields so that people can express what they'd like to see a GUI library offer.
I certainly do appreciate the input though!
OpenGUI, yet another free GUI library.
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Posted 11 September 2006 - 03:26 PM
I've worked on quite a few GUIs and its an area thats often botched in terms of good software architecture.
The most important thing to me in a GUI is a good messaging system that keeps the logic seperate to the graphical implementation.
Take a look at Qt or even MFC. Perhaps read Modern C++ Design, I cant remember the chapter but there's a bit on that using templates.
The most important thing to me in a GUI is a good messaging system that keeps the logic seperate to the graphical implementation.
Take a look at Qt or even MFC. Perhaps read Modern C++ Design, I cant remember the chapter but there's a bit on that using templates.
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Posted 12 September 2006 - 02:05 AM
I've recently posted some planned changes for OpenGUI.
You can see them here: http://opengui.right...wtopic.php?t=26
This doesn't by any means end the need for survey data. This is just more of a 'heads up' for people that have been using or considering OpenGUI.
You can see them here: http://opengui.right...wtopic.php?t=26
This doesn't by any means end the need for survey data. This is just more of a 'heads up' for people that have been using or considering OpenGUI.
OpenGUI, yet another free GUI library.
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