Hi,

> 4. Gtk
> pros: plenty of widgets; antialiasing
> cons: supposed to be unstable on Win32; requires
> large download on
> Win32 machines; X-ish interface

"supposed to be unstable on Win32"

Maybe. But I used to run my own Ruby-GNOME2 IRC client
on Windows just fine. Once in a while you may find a
bug (not really related to Windows), but if it's
reproducible, it's fixable :)

"requires large download on Win32 machines"

That's the major drawback. I haven't tested something
to shrink the package size yet.

"X-ish interface"

The Wimp engine does a good job at making your app
have a native appearance.

On the pro side:

You can compile the latest version of Ruby-GTK+2 from
the CVS on Windows by following the tutorial at
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?compile_mingw.
This way you can keep up with fixed bugs if you want.

The project Ruby-GNOME2 has a more fine-grained
control over its source-code, because it does not use
SWIG.

IMHO, it seems inevitable the progress of GTK+ on
Windows.

Cheers,
Joao


	
		
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