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IUP – Cross platform C GUI library

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Post by inxode » Thu, May 25, 2023, 3:05 AM UTC

IUP – Cross platform C GUI library
tecgraf.puc-rio.br

Re: IUP – Cross platform C GUI library

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Post by love2read » Thu, May 25, 2023, 4:56 AM UTC

Any pictures of what the windows will look like?

Re: IUP – Cross platform C GUI library

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Post by kookamamie » Thu, May 25, 2023, 4:56 AM UTC

Why do many (G)UI libraries hide their look & feel to some obscure location? If you want to make an impact, show us what you got on the landing page!

Edit: found the pictures. Looks like another GUI toolkit emulating the 90s OS style paradigms.

Re: IUP – Cross platform C GUI library

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Post by Reticularas » Thu, May 25, 2023, 5:05 AM UTC

It appears to be a requirement that all C/C++ UI libraries have old, crusty looking visuals.

Re: IUP – Cross platform C GUI library

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Post by georgemcbay » Thu, May 25, 2023, 5:11 AM UTC

love2read wrote: post #2

Any pictures of what the windows will look like?

There is a 'Screenshots' navigation on the side bar under the Product group. Here's a direct link though the page is set up to act like a single page app:

https://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/en/screenshots.html

It looks like a hodgepodge of MS Windows look & feel from the Windows 95 to the Windows XP eras, combined with some even more basic looking controls.

Re: IUP – Cross platform C GUI library

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Post by scythe » Thu, May 25, 2023, 5:18 AM UTC

Reticularas wrote: post #4

It appears to be a requirement that all C/C++ UI libraries have old, crusty looking visuals.

The toolkit itself is at least twelve years old, so there's that.

Re: IUP – Cross platform C GUI library

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Post by speed_spread » Thu, May 25, 2023, 5:28 AM UTC

Reticularas wrote: post #4

It appears to be a requirement that all C/C++ UI libraries have old, crusty looking visuals.

It's about time we rediscovered 3D UI like SGI IRIX had 30 years ago and remix it with what we've learned in information presentation since. WebGPU? I want my cyberspace and I want it now!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn_(file_manager)

Re: IUP – Cross platform C GUI library

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Post by eska » Thu, May 25, 2023, 5:40 AM UTC

kookamamie wrote: post #3

Why do many (G)UI libraries hide their look & feel to some obscure location? If you want to make an impact, show us what you got on the landing page! Edit: found the pictures. Looks like another GUI toolkit emulating the 90s OS style paradigms.

The navigation on the left lists “gallery” and “screenshots”

Re: IUP – Cross platform C GUI library

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Post by wahern » Thu, May 25, 2023, 6:01 AM UTC

georgemcbay wrote: post #5

love2read wrote: post #2

Any pictures of what the windows will look like?

There is a 'Screenshots' navigation on the side bar under the Product group. Here's a direct link though the page is set up to act like a single page app: https://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/en/screenshots.html It looks like a hodgepodge of MS Windows look & feel from the Windows 95 to the Windows XP eras, combined with some even more basic looking controls.

IUP uses native GUI widgets and has been around for decades as is evident by those screenshots, some of which clearly were taken on some rather old versions of Windows.

Re: IUP – Cross platform C GUI library

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Post by wahern » Thu, May 25, 2023, 6:10 AM UTC

Reticularas wrote: post #4

It appears to be a requirement that all C/C++ UI libraries have old, crusty looking visuals.

It uses native GUI widgets. Some of those screenshots are ancient. But also it only binds a least common denominator subset of widgets, so applications will lack many of the niche widgets and layouts that platform-native applications often use to keep a fresh look & feel.