[Haskell-cafe] Re: Why binding to existing widget toolkits doesn't make any sense

John A. De Goes wrote:

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Layout combinators in the spirit of TeX or Lout are more flexible while being simpler. In any case, a simple primitive

grid :: [[Rect a]] -> Rect a

that arranges widgets in a rectangular grid should be enough for GUIs.

Spoken like a true programmer who knows nothing about usability. :-)

Hehe, well given that CSS doesn't even have such a primitive... :) Regards, apfelmus -- http://apfelmus.nfshost.com