It’s a little jealousy-inducing to see the guy who sits behind you at work signing copies of his book after giving a talk at a major nerd conference. Scott’s presentation, ”Consuming Web Services with PHP-GTK 2”, was a success. Attendees asked a number of questions, and the collective OnForce ego swelled as a swarm of admirers and interested PHP tinkerers overtook Scott as he came off the stage.

My own take on the presentation was: I can’t believe how easy it is to make desktop applications with PHP-GTK. Scott pointed to a number of reasons why the desktop might be a better environment than the web for some applications, notably the fact that a desktop application doesn’t come with all the “distractions of the web”. I see his point! Especially when a task is repetitive, doing that task in a web browser environment inevitably leads to Friendster or a web mail inbox. A desktop application provides a little extra “focus” for your workers. Plus, since all of the GUI elements on the desktop are standardized, you can actually build more functionality in less time with PHP-GTK. You can view the slides of Scott’s presentation and learn a lot more about PHP-GTK at “Scott’s blog”:1.

[1]http://crisscott.com/2006/11/02/zendcon-06/

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