[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Swing port is coming - Lotus assists IBM

[john@xxxxxxxx (Hannes Agus)]

> 1) Mac SWT; give cocoa a try
is already used.

> 2) QT SWT port
won't be done - since QT's licensing model is not really compatible to 
what IBM wants to do with Eclipse. In fact everybody who wants to deploy 
his applications with QT/SWT would have to pay 2000$.

> 3) squeeze every bit of performance/stability from GTK port
they are sqeezing since how long - 2 years now??

> 4) add more features/fix bugs to SWT
SWT is limited by design to a very small number of features. The more 
features you add, the less stuff can be used from the underlaying 
platform. (e.g. all complex widgets in the motif port are emulated)

Although yous suggestion would maybe help in some areas there would be 
still three main problems:
- portability to platforms where no swt port does exist. (but if java 
exists, swing does also)
- skinnable ui at application logic.
- restricted platforms like applets or webstart applications.

Furthermore your suggestion would definitivly require 2-3x the work a 
swing port would require and would still not solve any limitations 
reported above.

regards, Hannes