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0 pointstgpc10y ago0 comments

I hear qt is excellent, but would encourage you to do distinct ui code for each platform, in that platform's native ui libs. You'll look like a fish out of water otherwise.

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viktorelofsson10y ago· 2 in thread

Yeah, that's what I'm planning in order to keep it small and tidy.

skrowl10y ago

You might want to start with a web UI then (like SyncThing). This provides you with a simple way to display your data and you get Mac / Linux / etc support for "Free" while also allowing your Windows users to have simple network access.

No extra dependencies, no UI toolkits!

viktorelofsson10y ago

Yes, and then you have Hadouken (https://github.com/hadouken/hadouken), another BitTorrent client of mine (though server oriented) :)

cm310y ago

To be clear, Qt is as native as you can get on X11 and Wayland. There is no vendor-controlled UI toolkit as on Windows or OS X or Android or ...

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