Recommend fast C++ UI library with small memory footprint [closed]

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I want to write an app that reacts for global shortcuts and accepts commands (the way launchy does).

I'm trying to minimize the time between pressing the shortcut and the moment the window appears on the screen and is fully operational.

Can you suggest a good UI library (with some argumentation) that could be helpful? I looked into QT and wxWidget but I'm afraid the app will get heavy (in memory / processing speed way) - and all I need is a small window that doesn't even need to be pretty.

.. or should I just go with native Windows libraries? (the main target is my Windows 7 machine)

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Fast? Small? Windows-only? Sounds like you want WTL.

Caveat: You'll need to use VC++.

Also, I recommend grabbing the source straight out of SVN, as a new release hasn't been packaged in quite some time despite the fact that the project gets updated with some regularity.

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I recommend FLTK!! www.fltk.org

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Win32++ no mfc required neither ATL.

If you already know the winapi this is definitely for you. If not it helps a lot.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32-framework/

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/winsdk/framework.aspx

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If you want the smallest memory footprint and are using windows just directly call the winforms routines provided by windows. This eliminates all the code in all these third party libraries. It's smaller and will be faster.