Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!unify!openlook!openlook-request From: grp@magpie.unify.com (Greg Pasquariello) Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look Subject: Open Look Toolkits Message-ID: Date: 24 Apr 91 15:54:24 GMT Lines: 29 Mani Chawla writes: > >I would like to elicit feedback form the OpenLook Newsgroup concerning >the toolkit choices for OpenLook compliant applications. The popular >choices appear to be Sun's Xview and AT&T's OLIT and Xt+ toolkits. >I have the impression that Xview is more widely used, and perhaps better >supported. > >Is this simply a reflection of Sun's substantial market share, or is it >the superior OpenLook toolkit? I think there is the _perception_ that XView is more widely used, but I'm not sure if that is really the case or not. If it is, then I see a few reasons why. In addition to those you mention above, XView is freely available, and is used by those who don't want to buy the libraries. Also, those that use Guide to develop their interfaces get XView code generated for them. We currently use OLIT. This makes it easiest for us to port our software to a Motif environment, because the general structure of applications is the same regardless of the widget set used. > > >-- Mani Chawla >mani%tridom.UUCP@mathcs.emory.edu --- Greg Pasquariello grp@unify.com Unify Corporation Be good and never poison people