[pygtk] Improving pygtk appearance, or moving to wxPython?

[baiju m]

On 5/5/06, Osmo Salomaa <otsaloma at cc.hut.fi> wrote:
> to, 2006-05-04 kello 18:27 +0000, JUAN ERNESTO FLORES BELTRAN kirjoitti:
> > Steve McClure wrote:
> >
> > >The theme is specific to the desktop and varies with each
> > >installation.
> >
> > then, how can i maintain the nice looking independently of the
> > system/installation my code is running on??
>
> Sorry for not answering your actual question, but what is the compelling
> need that you have for a theme specific to your application? Why should
> you as a developer dictate how different widgets look to the user? Why
> not let each user decide what looks "nice"?
>
> The first problem is that you break consistency. People like their
> themes and the fact that the same widgets look the same in all apps.
> Making your app look different will make it look ugly and most
> importantly it will take the user a longer time to get used to. At least
> initially different style widgets will just cause confusion.
>
> The second problem is whether you're qualified to design a theme that
> will work for all users. Think for example visually impaired users who
> might like to use themes with large widgets, great contrasts and
> noticeable hover effects. How do you take them into account? Would they
> as well be forced to use the same theme?

Good points :)

I have seen some "Enterprise" apps which looks like aliens :)

So I think these enterprise peoples never thinks about usability or
accessibility.
Only common desktop app developers bother about such kind of things.
In fact It is much easier to develop a "native looking" app than
"alien looking" app.

Regards,
Baiju M