[Qt-interest] future of a desktop UI

[Sylvain Pointeau]

Hi,
you can also keep you Qt backend, add the webkit on top of that and build a
html interface to your application. It stays local, fast, reliable ?
it was my main idea when I posted my question...

Qt WebKit opens a big door, and increases a lot the possibilities to mix the
technologies and advantages of each.

... but you are right, it depends on the kind of job.
I just have a trouble at this moment to choose the best approach to my
problem.


Cheers,
Sylvain


On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Martin Gebert
<martin.gebert at alpha-bit.de>wrote:

>
> > but seeing the big move and enthusiasm to Adobe air, Google Chrome as
> > an application runner, html 5 with local storage,
> > I feel like the tendency is here ...
>
> This tendency exists for 5 years at least, and a lot of it is simply PR
> and news hype... I see net based apps as complement for distinct use
> cases, not as replacement of local GUI apps.
>
> > I also find that it is easier to make an html pages + design,
> > that a client application ...
>
> I think the other way round, especially when considering the
> implementation of the business logic behind it, but I've got my roots in
> a no-network age and I still consider it optional and potentially
> unstable. However, YMMV, and (repeatedly) it depends on the requirements.
> Current example from my job: I just finished a two-tier app (Qt UI,
> Qt-based backend) to control and monitor robot arms - try controlling
> something that's not connected to your workstation by ethernet reliably
> (yet not hard realtime) with a web app. Look beyond your own nose and
> you'll recognize that there are a lot more use cases in application
> development than just the ones you know from your daily experience...
>
> Martin
>
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