Re: [orca-list] Possibly OT -- GUI development in Linux

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 06:18:38PM -0500, Stephen Clower wrote:

> My plan is to create the program in either C++ or Python, depending on  
> which language will result in the least amount of changes across  
> operating systems. Feel free to point out another language/GUI toolkit  
> which I should investigate.

Java, especially the Java accessibility API. It's now available under the GPL,
which should alleviate concerns about whether it is free software/open-source.

Python can be compiled to Java byte code as well, so if you don't like the
Java language (which is reputedly similar to C/C++), there are other options.