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by lispm 4084 days ago
> You can have setting windows, open/save dialogs, color windows and much more with Pharo's GUI.

That's not the point. It is just not used by the software itself.

> Personally I really like the GUI :)

I like the GUI of my Lisp Machine. But very very few people use it and it is behind the times in many ways.

> If you hate Pharo GUI so much

Pointing out that it is dated and clunky is not 'hating' it. If somebody asks me how a UI for development tool should look like, I would point out the importance of a native look and feel. Lighttable for example. A recent development. It's not really native. It uses complex web stuff on the desktop. Fail.

True, cross-platform development is tough. But it's somewhat possible. Example: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/