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• 9 years of Apple text editor solo dev

  Qt is probably closest among cross platform frameworks, but comes with some thorns that can be difficult to ignore and contribute to that “hard to use” sentiment. The way Qt Widgets is for practical purposes usable only with C++ or Python is one such thorn, as is its use of custom types like QString. Both increase friction significantly as many devs aren’t able to use their preferred language and can’t use the... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Why is GUI programming so hard?

  Flexbox support in QML[1]. Plus, there are some wrappers that make seamless transition between desktop and mobile view like MauiKit[1] and Kirigami[2]. I don't think they're perfect or that they are doing it correctly, but they're onto something with their main idea. [1] https://mauikit.org/ [2] https://develop.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami//. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Packagecloud customer success story: Nitrux

  Nitrux provides an eponymous Linux desktop distribution based on Debian. It uses the Calamares installer and includes the NX Desktop built on the KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment and MauiKit Applications. Source: about 1 year ago

• It's all just Chromium

  There's MauiKit which seems to support everything and has a similar name. I wonder if they're related. Source: about 1 year ago

• If you were Microsoft and were in charge of branding for .NET Core and all future versions: what would you have done to rebrand .NET during the switchover?

  For real, of all the acronyms they could have chosen, they chose one that's already the name of a UI framework. Source: over 1 year ago

• KDE Plasma 6.0 is expected to come next summer. What are your expectations?

  I'm expecting to see Plasma 6 and the KDE SC being re-implemented using the Maui Toolkit. Source: over 1 year ago

• Qt 6.4 Released

  Check out Kirigami and Maui for well-polished widgets: https://mauikit.org/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Tiling window managers: What am I missing?

  A good example are both kirigami and optionally mauikit, which is an additionally layer with a different look on top of it. Source: over 1 year ago

• Announcing the .NET MAUI Beautiful UI Challenge

  Let's not forget how MS stomps over a pre-existing open-source GUI library with the same name, MauiKit (https://mauikit.org/) : https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/35. Source: over 1 year ago

• I am about to fork CutefishOS, and I need your help.

  Port everything to Maui and Qt6 instead of using custom cutefish widgets. Maui is already kinda similar to cutefish, and working together with an already existing project can be beneficial in the long term, look at LXDE and Razor-Qt. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Plasma 5.25 is looking niceeee! (beta is not released yet)

  For the apps I'm planning to use maui kit apps, as they look to offer a better gestion of the window space, more modern and clean. Source: almost 2 years ago

• The Decline and Fall of Java on the Desktop Part 1 (1999-2005)

  > Today, we see a much friendlier Microsoft. It's wonderful > It's not like Microsoft was trying to create MAUI back in 2000 Today, in 2022, Microsoft still tries to uses the MAUI name even though it is directly the name of a pre-existing unrelated GUI toolkit (https://mauikit.org/). Much friendlier my arse. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• [Steam Deck] Opinion: Desktop Mode is poorly designed/implemented.

  Would it be better for Valve to consider "mobile-first" frameworks like Maui Kit or DE like Maui Shell? Considering these particular solutions are not very popular, I would still love to see first-class support for Linux desktop with great touch controls on the Deck. I think I would be a great opportunity for beginners to play around with Linux. Source: about 2 years ago

• Nitrux 2.0.0 is available to download

  It's an opinionated distro with a customized and up-to-date KDE Plasma, default Latte Dock, and showcasing the Mauikit framework and respective apps which are based on KDE's Kirigami, can be used on mobile, and let you use Qt apps with client side decorations if you wish. Source: over 2 years ago

• Do you think they use Xubuntu?

  With that being said, I don't particularly enjoy using KDE apps these days. Don't take me wrong, they're really powerful and pack a bunch of features, but they're not particularly visually appealing and I find their interfaces to be a bit cluttered. If they could just polish up a bit and hide some niche yet readily available settings into hamburger menus they'd be really great imho. If you look Qt apps, check out... Source: over 2 years ago

• Linus Torvalds once said, "If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won."

  Don't forget that .NET Core, and .NET 5+ is available for Linux. However, you have to use something like AvaloniaUI if you want UI for Linux because Microsoft doesn't want to port MAUI (not to be confused with KDE's MAUI) to Linux. Source: over 2 years ago

• What are some Qt desktop environments?

  NX Desktop uses a few KDE libs but is a QML based DE. It's made by the same people working on MauiKit. Source: over 2 years ago

• .NET 6

  Note that Maui is the name used by an older ui toolkit https://mauikit.org/ and you probably should refer the one by Microsoft to .Net MAUI to avoid confusion. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Is Electron That Bad?

  "It a desktop application. So I'm not porting it from web app nor I plan to make it a web app any time in the future." Don't use electron. Unless you are making an app that will majorly benefit from JS-based third party plugins (think how VS code is electron despite not being a progressive web app), there's really no benefit for you to shipping an electron-based app. Seriously take a look at... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago