Hi Dan,
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't one of the big benefits of Qt that it is
> supposed to be multi-platform?
Yup, that's one of the main things about Qt.
> So theoretically, if the program was written in Qt, it shouldn't be hard to port
> between the major desktop platforms?
In theory yes, but in practice it's not anywhere as simple as just setting some checkbox option - each different platform tends to have a lot of its own platform specific quirks that need addressing and also just the support work needed for testing and building on a new platform is a significant amount of work itself.
The main goal of this cross platform work that I'm talking about would be to get a more reliable and higher quality Mac version, not really for expanding to other additional platforms although it is certainly not a bad side effect that it would also make it easier to go to other platforms in the future at some point, if there is enough demand for them to justify the amount of time it takes for all the extra work involved.
- Michael
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