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Linux GUI toolkits
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2014–2023), in 8 threads.
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No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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GTK apps need fiddling to scale on HiDPI screensUnreviewed
20142026- Apps built on GTK, Qt or Tk look and behave inconsistently, jarring users2021-08-10
- Applications don't scale properly under Linux UI scaling, so some look wrong2020-02-17
- GTK apps need manual fiddling to scale on HiDPI screens; Qt and older toolkits are worse2014-11-21
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 8 complaints
- Existing tools for simple Linux UI apps are cumbersome to use2023-10-19
- Apps built on GTK, Qt or Tk look and behave inconsistently, jarring users2021-08-10
- Applications don't scale properly under Linux UI scaling, so some look wrong2020-02-17
- Widget sets break with each new version and text renders overlapping on Linux2019-11-21
- Widgets behave inconsistently across toolkits, so right-click options and input methods differ between apps2019-08-05
- Dozens of toolkits with inconsistent concepts that don't interoperate, making apps hard to build2018-02-22
- Can't find clean examples; documentation is lacking, forcing searches through dead forum posts2018-02-09
- GTK apps need manual fiddling to scale on HiDPI screens; Qt and older toolkits are worse2014-11-21