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Uxpython: cross-platform GUI - modern, stylish and enjoyable cross-platform UI toolkit

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14 pointschaostheory11 comments

Sorry, but a new UI toolkit should look pretty. Maybe some of those controls looked okay, but if so the screenshots didn't do them justice. I wasn't particularly impressed. No reason to use these over the other toolkits, far as I can tell.

It doesn't give you faith in the lead developers if they use words like "stunning user interfaces" and give those snapshots.

agreed. GTK is much better.

Based on Swing and WPF? I've never used either... but I've only ever heard bad things about both.

I like WPF a lot. It has its issues, but overall it's quite good.

1.Could not find any docs.

2. Why? Why not wxpython, tkinter etc?

Just a nitpick: the name is unfortunate, considering there is already a wxPython out there.

Just another UI framework?

The industry is desperate for a good cross-platform GUI framework. If you manage to solve the problem I guarantee you a very comfortable living and a world-wide fame comparable to Guido's.

Do a google search on just about anything software-related and start calling these companies who sell millions of dollars of Windows-only software offering them a quick and painless transition to cross-platform GUI for, let's say $1M.

I can't even begin to describe the desperation I've seen at various companies I worked for. There are trillions of dollars worth of Windows software that is much needed on a Mac or Linux and vice versa. I once worked at a startup that lost a contract with US Navy worth more than all our previous revenue combined just because we were Windows-only. And at my current company our #2 support question is "When's Mac support coming?"

You used to be able to do this, I tried once, with Delphi and Kylix (the linux version of Delphi), the only problem was that the Delphi ecosystem encouraged third-party widget/controls, many of which were tied to specific versions of Delphi and only ran on Windows.

I wonder how many of these Windows-only software companies use Python ;)

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