[Lazarus] Is Lazarus project in a downward spiral?

[Lee Jenkins]

Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
> Michael Van Canneyt schrieb:
> 
>> With the added downside that it's far from certain that you'll ever be 
>> able to make fpGUI look native on all platforms: one of
>> its explicit design goals was to look exactly the same on all 
>> platforms, which is contrary to the Lazarus design goal.
> 
> There is nothing bad about an widgetset with the same look&feel on all 
> platforms. IMO only its *use* is restricted to specific applications.
> 

Many task based/worker bee applications fit this description.  Point of Sale, 
banking, telemarketing/CSR, etc.  IMO, these kinds of applications are perfect 
candidates for a uniform widget set like fpGUI or even Java or Adobe Flex, etc. 
   Not only does the look and feel NOT matter per platform with these kinds of 
applications, but it probably helps to make the users who have used it on one 
platform, comfortable with it on another platform like going from Windows to 
Linux or Mac.  I'm sure Graeme will confirm this as I think his company's main 
product fits into the category somewhat.

This of course takes into account user expectation.  Business applications seem 
to receive much more tolerance in terms of native look and feel as opposed to 
more mainstream types of products like Graphics editors, etc.

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Warm Regards,

Lee