[wx-discuss] Hoyle reviews wxWidgets

[Kevin Ollivier]

Hi Stefan,

On Mar 5, 2006, at 9:35 PM, Stefan Csomor wrote:

> Hi,
>
> yes, I have about the same sentiment, he had the same topic at last  =

> years MacHack conference. But lets just take the good points he has  =

> and try to address them, and we could perhaps havea wiki page with  =

> the most heard critic points in reviews and our responses, eg as  =

> why importing .RC and .nib files is not a good idea to start with  =

> (not to say they are not a useful function for a fast start port)

Actually, outside of the fact that I think he labors over the MFC  =

point, I think he has a pretty solid assessment of how most people  =

coming in off the streets would see our project. If people are  =

concerned about why they can't/shouldn't import .RC and .nib files,  =

for example, it's mostly because wx doesn't offer them a clear (i.e.  =

de-facto standard) alternative. A lot of people clearly prefer RAD- =

style development tools, but we don't have a tool like the ones that  =

people are used to. Why is that?

IMHO, putting up a wiki page saying things such as that you shouldn't  =

use nib-style utilities with wx apps rather hurts more than it helps.  =

In a round-about way, it says to potential users that wx doesn't do  =

RAD. Problem is, most of our competitors do, and that's a pretty big  =

factor for many new users, if not a deal-breaker.

Thanks,

Kevin

> Best,
>
> Stefan
>
> From: Ryan Norton [mailto:wxprojects at comcast.net]
> Sent: Montag, 6. M=E4rz 2006 00:13
> To: wx-discuss at lists.wxwidgets.org
> Subject: [wx-discuss] Hoyle reviews wxWidgets
>
> http://www.maccompanion.com/archives/november2005/Columns/ =

> AccordingtoHoyle.htm
>
> Maybe some of you saw that but I missed it... harsh review! He has  =

> a lot of good points but I think the conclusion is a bit hyped....
>

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