A new Julia GUI Engine has appeared! Mousetrap.jl is now available

I thought that this was not an accusation. I apologize if it was perceived as such.

But I need to defend myself, because I feel like I voiced a reasonable opinion. For a simple user like me it is much better to not have to divide my time on deciding which competing tool should I be using for the same task and then learning such a tool (and yes, I’ve been using GLMakie to build GUIs so for me these two tools serve the same purpose). Many people that come to Julia as users share this opinion. I can provide this post as an example How can we create a leaner ecosystem for Julia? and in my experience teaching Julia this sentiment of wanting leaner ecosystem and more cooperation is rather common. So, I think it is normal to wonder why there was no effort (at all, according to the original post) on the package cooperation, which makes the front user experience simpler/easier. This isn’t an accusation. It’s voicing a common concern among many users.

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