[fit2rule]

>I would love to see a Renaissance of native cross platform apps.

Along similar lines, I have been using the MOAI environment, with the Hanappe GUI framework, to deliver apps across every platform you can port MOAI too, sort of .. fulfilling .. the once-jaunted "write once, run anywhere" dream, while also giving me a usable UI environment for the modern world.. ship bytecode/Lua files, run the same code everywhere (the MOAI client lives).

Seriously, worth an hour or so of lab-bench time, if one is considering the prospect of having an app/run-time equilibrium, albeit with a modicum of effort:

http://github.com/moai/ http://github.com/makotok/Hanappe http://github.com/makotok/Flower

(Flower is another branch, similar concept: build your entire UI as a mini-lib, bring it with you everywhere you need it...)

[twotavol]

A simple write up with screenshots or something would be nice.