[wxPython-dev] Using AUI in the demo

Bill Baxter wbaxter at gmail.com
Wed May 9 12:21:24 PDT 2007


On 5/10/07, Robin Dunn <robin at alldunn.com> wrote:
> I've applied most of Andrea's demo patch, which you can see in the
> latest preview build, and I'm curious how you feel about using AUI in
> the main frame.  Is the wow-factor worth the potential confusion of how
> to use it?  (Such as somebody clicking the X on the demo tree pane.)
> Could the non-native aspect turn off some folks?  Is it useful?

I think you want the demo when it first pops up to look as native as
possible.  I found that very impressive the first time I ran the demo
(Windows user here).  To me that native look and feel one of the big
selling factors of wxPython, and something that sets it apart from
Tkinter and pyGTK.

--bb




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