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donniezazen
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Chromium on Linux replacing GTK+
It would be interesting to hear why they didn't pick something like Qt.
72deluxe
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Perhaps to control their own destiny? They don't need that many controls. Only buttons, tabs and text boxes.
Touche
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How does using an open-source UI framework surrender control? Seems far more likely NIH is the answer.
72deluxe
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Qt is not truly open source for other platforms though is it?
ptx
on March 12, 2014
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In the olden days, only the X11 version was open source, but it was made available under the GPL on all supported platforms with Qt 4 and under the LGPL with Qt 4.5.
Touche
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What do you mean "other platforms"? Qt is GPL, or am I wrong?
PuercoPop
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Although you are technically wrong, it is LGPL, you are right. It is dually-licensed, but it doesn't vary according to the target platform.
tonyedgecombe
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Does Qt support hi-resolution displays on all platforms?
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