Re: [pygame] New GUI

[Casey Duncan <casey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 22, 2008, at 8:00 AM, Kamilche wrote:

> I've looked at wxPython, PGU, Ocemp GUI, PyUI, and other GUI  
> toolkits available for Python. Each of them had, to my eyes, severe  
> flaws that prevented me from using them for my apps. Therefore, I've  
> spent many months developing my own GUI and event system.
>
> The GUI has windowing, translucency, buttons, menus, slider bars,  
> frames, and more. It has a drag n drop GUI builder. The controls can  
> be 'anchored', meaning when you resize the window, the controls  
> resize automatically as well. It has an easy event handling system  
> similar to VB6, but also the capability for controls to handle  
> 'global' events.
>
> I'm using it for a couple of commercial apps I'm making. I'm  
> considering making the GUI itself available commercially, as well.  
> I'm writing this email to gauge the level of interest in it.
>
> If you're interested, respond in this thread. Pricing is an unknown  
> - if you have thoughts in that area, I'd appreciate hearing them.

My own pygame dev being at the hobby-level, I can't say that I would  
have much interest in a commercial add-on to pygame myself. However, I  
would be interested in a high-level overview of what you found wrong  
with the existing guis and how your solution does not suffer from  
these perceived problems.

From a business standpoint, you might have trouble marketing such a  
thing in the face of the incumbent free solutions, regardless of how  
superior it might be. The dual-pricing scheme that Laura mentioned  
could help encourage adoption. Another option might be two versions, a  
bare-bones open source library that is functional but has few bells  
and whistles (perhaps lacking the gui builder), and a commercial  
upgrade that has everything anyone could want.

-Casey