GTK+ 3.2 released - allows rendering applications in HTML5-capable web browsers

Re:GTK+ 3.2 released - allows rendering applications in HTML... by MartinMond on Monday September 26, 2011 @12:58PM (#3039741)

I've recently been looking for ways to do powerful admin interfaces quickly.

I've been looking at Cappuccino since it does support stuff like tables with > 10.000 entries and 'complex' controls.

Now with GTK+ HTML5 support this might also be an avenue to explore.

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Re:GTK+ 3.2 released - allows rendering applications in HTML... by orblivion on Monday September 26, 2011 @03:41PM (#3040409)

Something that crossed my mind, maybe you can help me answer. Are there cases where it would be easier to create a GTK application than a javascript application? This whole concept seems like it opens up a lot of opportunities for websites to provide rich interfaces, but then I think, wait, aren't people thinking of going the opposite direction? For instance, the high level GUI programming for Gnome Shell is in javascript.

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Re:GTK+ 3.2 released - allows rendering applications in HTML... by amalcon on Monday September 26, 2011 @08:23PM (#3041293)

It would be entirely possible to do both at the same time. There are javascript bindings for GTK. This isn't so much a workaround for javascript as a workaround for HTML.

And yes, there are absolutely cases where it would be easier to create a GTK application than an HTML application. You don't need to worry about choosing a widget library, for one, and placement is very straightforward.

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