Hello Everyone, I believe that haskell would have great benifit from a platform independant specification for a graphical user interface module or set of modules. I've been blessed with a lot of time on my hands so I'd be willing to organize this project if needed. Since there are several working haskell gui libraries out there, I would like this to be a collaboration project with those who are experienced in this area. Input and ideas from users would also be a part of the collaberation. The goal would be a specification much like the haskell report that could be freely implimented and a reference impementation. This is an informal proposal for a proposal and would like to get some feedback for the following ideas. (please reply to gui@haskell.org) 1. Platform independance: The QT widget library is a stunning example of how platform independance is achievable without sacraficing speed. I am not suggesting that we build haskell-gui off of QT but might use major components of it as a model. Eventually, the library could have three backends; the Windows API, the X API (or gtk perhaps?), and the Mac API (the name illudes me at the moment). 2. Signals support: Having a signals mechanism is essential for large gui projects. 3. Dynamic widgets: All widgets should have dynamic size and should have the ability to be resized by the measurement of their contents or their parents. This could be done in a way similar to QT widgets. 4. GUI GUI builder: Widgets should be flexible enough to have the ability to be incorporated in a GUI GUI builder program, such as QT designer. The storage for a GUI builder might be direct Haskell code or some intermediate format. 5. OpenGL incorporation: haskell-gui should have some sort of OpenGL widget as OpenGL is the most standardized and multiplatform graphical library availible. Perhaps the hgl software could be incorporated in this aspect of haskell-gui. 6. Custom Widgets: It should be easy for one to create his or her own custom widgets from scratch using Haskell code or by some modification of the standard ones. Please give your feedback and suggestions for this project proposal proposal. If there is enough interest, I'll get this thing started. Kudos, David J. Sankel Head Consultant Electron Consulting (www.electronconsulting.com)