[Qt-interest] Qt vs Adobe Flash etc

[Andreas Unger]

I'm a Qt/C++ convert myself just looking for some reasons to convince other
people. Thanks for your thoughts.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:23 AM, Jason H <scorp1us at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Qt has made huge strides in recent versions, particularly with the
> GraphicsView.
>
> However Qt does not have a good enough scripting language to compete with
> ActionScript. QtScript is not capable of defining new GraphicsItem which can
> then be used by Qt. Maybe when the PySide stuff is complete (because I
> currently script Qt in Python with PyQt4.)
>
> I have often though having a fully open source substitute for Flash would
> be great. And once PySide is ready we'll have that. But until then we'll lag
> behind.
>
> I do think that Qt will be faster (hardware acceleration, C++)
> I do think that Flash will have a bigger talent base, and has more mature
> technology, and will be faster to develop in. You're going to have pain if
> you try to use Qt first time. Sure, you could hire somone like me with GV
> eperience, but we'd still need to learn all the new classes. We (Qt people)
> are usually more of a programmer background and not a graphic artist
> background. While you can do almost everythgin in Qt as in Flash, it may be
> harder to get done.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Andreas Unger <andi.unger05 at gmail.com>
> *To:* Qt-interest at trolltech.com
> *Sent:* Sun, October 11, 2009 11:28:57 AM
> *Subject:* [Qt-interest] Qt vs Adobe Flash etc
>
> I'd like to know what advantages Qt has over Adobe Flash in a UI
> implementation on an embedded platform e.g a photo album application.
>
> The advantage of Flash is that there is a consistent runtime for it across
> platforms and on the web, but I'd appreciate it if someone could
> let me know what gives Qt an edge of Adobe Flash e.g in terms of ease of
> implementation, libraries, performance etc
>
> Cheers,
> Andreas
>
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