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Embedded Open Motif Released
xynopsis writes: "Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. (ICS), a leading Motif supplier, announced it has produced a version of Open Motif targeted at embedded and handheld devices with limited displays, memory, and processing power. Finally a Motif version that claims to have a small footprint! It also seems to be Open Group's answer to QT Embedded. What do you think?"
It would be great, if there weren't already a better looking, more popular option.
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I might try to use it for my apps, because it is smaller than the regular Motif. I didn't like the 1.2 series of Motif, but I've heard good things about more recent releases. Lesstif is pretty disappointing quality wise, but a good effort. I've tried pretty much all the GUI toolkits, but JX (it didn't compile), and they just don't seem to have the same quality. Tk is pretty close, but if you look at how the text widget deals with wrapped text when scrolling you will be disappointed. I tried OpenMotif, but at the time I wasn't impressed by the size of it. So, I've stuck with Tk and have been fairly happy. I've played with GTK+, but I think it is a little messy, because it uses macros like GTK_WINDOW and GTK_CONTAINER to deal with the GtkWidget struct members. GTK+ also has poor text widgets compared to Tk's, but it does have a lot of eye candy. It would make more sense to me for the GTK+ functions to automatically get the struct members of the GtkWidget rather than through the macros. I mean most users don't need this extra flexibility, and it can be duplicated by developers with a simple struct. Anway I'm glad to hear that Motif is still alive and kicking. I know that it is used in the government and commercial projects a lot.