Cross-platform GUI frameworks were hot in the 1990s. This review paper of platform-independent GUIs is interesting as it was published in January of 1995, just a few months before the original release of Java. The paper is a snapshot of the pre-Java market and covers mostly C/C++ products, plus one in Lisp (CLIM) and a couple based on Smalltalk.
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@3rz That's weird as the page worked for me in Firefox up to a few tens of minutes ago, but now I get the warning too. I tried disabling uBO and Privacy Badger but I still get the warning, even in Chrome. Maybe a breaking update to Safe Browsing?
@amoroso
cross platform GUI still sucks and we dont have many options
@alavi I take refuge in Medley Interlisp and CLIM.
@amoroso
Do you know of any similar paper/summary for now (ca. 2025)?
@amoroso
Many thanks for the links. Both articles pretty-much confirm what I've seen to date: the state of cross-platform GUI is still dire in 2025. Perhaps I should write another blogpost? (No. I really can't offer as much depth as the articles did! :))
@amoroso is there a version without Cloudflare in front of it? My mobile can“t pass their “test”.