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

John A. De Goes wrote:

The size, color, and layout of widgets has no effect on interaction semantics and is best pushed elsewhere, into a designer-friendly realm such as CSS.

Yes, layout can be separated from interaction. It's just that I don't consider CSS friendly at all, I'd say it's a 0th order language. 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. Regards, apfelmus -- http://apfelmus.nfshost.com