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Wireshark Switches To Qt

Posted by Soulskill on from the changing-horses dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Beginning with version 1.11.0, open source packet analyzer Wireshark is switching its user interface library from GTK+ to Qt. 'Both libraries make it easy for developers [to] write applications that will run on different platforms without having to rewrite a lot of code. GTK+ has had a huge impact on the way Wireshark looks and feels and on its popularity but it doesn't cover our supported platforms as effectively as it should and the situation is getting worse as time goes on.'"

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  1. There goes another one by krkhan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    VLC, Maemo, TwimGo, LXDE; I for one would like to see a future where GIMP is the only major application left using GTK. Poetic justice.

    1. Re:There goes another one by doti · · Score: 5, Informative

      It's just the opposite. GTK is named after GIMP.

      GIMP is GNU Image Manipulation Program

      GTK is GIMP ToolKit

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      factor 966971: 966971
  2. Props to all sticking it out and trying Qt out! by Dino · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is a big win for the Qt ecosystem. Between KDE libraries reworked into portable Qt modules and official iOS and Android support even with support from Digia-- Qt is gaining momentum. They even managed to survive being gobbled by Nokia, then being sold to Digia-- it has been a bumpy ride.

    I recently tried out the latest Kubuntu and have been loving it installed on an old Dell D410 (12inch, 1.8Ghz SC Pentium, 1.5G RAM) laptop and it runs well and does everything I need (which in this case is Qt related application development :-)

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    That's not what I meant.
  3. Gnome tool kit by caseih · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Gtk used to stand for the gimp toolkit, but more and more it's the gnome toolkit. I wouldn't be surprised to see it merged into the gnome framework entirely at and future date. Even the mailing list is now renamed to gnome-list.

    It's still a great toolkit, and still somewhat cross-platform. It's still being actively worked on on Windows and Mac osx. But with the focus mainly on gnome and Linux (gnome 3 has little support for other platforms now) they are not as advanced or stable ports.

    I think wireshark's move to qt is a good one. Will definitely lead to better apps on Windows and Mac.