Show HN: Slint – A declarative UI toolkit for embedded and desktop

Post by vbarrielle » Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 3:35 PM UTC

monk_e_boy wrote: post #57

You should give us educators a free license :) I'd use this in my classes if I could. I'm keen to use it with c++ and rust

Post by Kelteseth » Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 3:41 PM UTC

ibsonc wrote: post #66

Kelteseth wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The current main problem is that Qt often releases new modules under GPL and commercial only licenses. For example, the new Qt GRPC implementation and then it is all or nothing. Qt commercial would force us to essentially buy two licenses because we have a second app that acts as a third party dll loading app. These dlls often crash and thus we moved them into a dedicated app we could simply restart, but Qt license w…

I think you have misunderstood the Qt licensing model when you say that you need two Qt licenses if you are building two separate applications? The commercial licenses are a) per developer and b) per distributed device (if you distribute your software as part of a device), there is no per application licensing requirement.

Post by timeon » Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 3:51 PM UTC

nologic01 wrote: post #36

serial_dev wrote: post #21

The comparison sections are very confusing. It says you will compare your UI toolkit with, for example, Flutter and then there is no comparison there at all. I thought the site is broken on mobile, I tried different browsers, etc, because the comparison was just not there. If you don't have any real content there because you don't want to start a flame war, you could try something like what the Flutter team did, they…

Made a similar comment about the comparison pages, which is a simple and factual statement yet was downvoted immediately by (pressumably) people with a stake in the project. Does not reflect well... Detailed and unbiased comparisons are extremely useful but also are hard (and costly) to do. Don't promise them if you can't deliver.

Post by denysvitali » Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 4:08 PM UTC

madnirua wrote: post #30

denysvitali wrote: post #29

Funny how they claim the toolkit is responsive, but then their website isn't. The "Used by" section overflows and basically breaks the whole website.

Probably because we are using HTML and CSS instead of Slint :) Jokes aside .. which browser and device combo are you using.. We can adjust the css accordingly. Thanks.

Post by yencabulator » Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

CoastalCoder wrote: post #45

madnirua wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disclaimer: I work for Slint I suppose you are referring to the "Embedded Add-on per application" pricing? At least the non-commercial use is hopefully clear :) Yes, we need find a better way to show the pricing there since it's dependent on 2 variables - volume and type of embedded system. Maybe some sort of a online calculator?

I always assumed "call us" pricing was to give a salesperson the opportunity to negotiate the best deal for the seller.