[wxPython-dev] Using AUI in the demo

[Paul McNett]

Christopher Barker wrote:
> Kevin Ollivier wrote:
>> because on Mac you don't maximize every window you create.
> 
> You don't maximize every window in GTK either. Personally, I prefer NOT 
> to maximize windows -- that's what I hate about MDI ion windows. I like 
> the GIMP way of doing it -- every window, whether it be a document or a 
> tool pallet, or whatever, gets it's own frame. -- why not use the window 
> manager?

I hate MDI too, but IMO GTK is still a step away from making their 
window management as good as Mac. On OS X, you Cmd+Tab to switch apps, 
not every single frigg'n window in every running app. Once in an app, 
you either Cmd+Left or Cmd+Right, or Cmd+~ to iterate the open windows 
in the app. On Gtk and Windows, your pinky is going numb by alt-tabbing 
through so many windows to find the one you really want.


> Final conclusion: I think AUI shows lots of promise, but we're better 
> off sticking with the native stuff for the primary demo.

I've been holding back my input, but agree that wx should be kept as 
native as practically possible, and the demo should show off the 
native-ness since that is really one of the major things that wx brings 
to the table compared to Tkinter, Qt, and PyGTK.


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