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Re:Unanswered user makes question their MS thesis and answer... by inetknght on Monday January 04, 2021 @12:47AM (#25628247)
> GUI libraries are heavyweight for a reason: lightweight GUIs do not adequately address accessibility, or internationalization.

GUIs don't need to be heavyweight to be accessible or internationalized (excepting for text translations, which should be downloaded rather than installed)

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Re:Unanswered user makes question their MS thesis and answer... by wyattpeak on Monday January 04, 2021 @01:33AM (#25628416)
I suspect the parent isn't talking about theoretical implementations but choosing an existing GUI framework for a project.

I don't know much about GUIs but lightweight tools often fail to take accessibility into account, and hand-rolled tools almost always do.

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Re:Unanswered user makes question their MS thesis and answer... by jan_Inkepa on Monday January 04, 2021 @01:02AM (#25628295)
Why should text translations be downloaded rather than installed? Oh, you mean not included by default in the installer? I'm not sure why that's very material here.
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