Is GUI programming for internet browser made more easy than for desktop?
I'm not a great programmer, to me it's just a hobby. I am more interested in desktop programming than web programming. When it comes to making a GUI however, it strikes me how difficult it seems to make a fully customised GUI with effects etc. for desktops, while websites are full of different designs and special effects. Of course, there is a need of consistency between applications on desktop, which somehow isn't needed on the Internet. Yet it seems desktop programmers are bound to using pre-sets of GUI kits (Gtk, Qt, Wx etc.), and overcoming the former looks like a huge amount of work.

So that's a subjective statement of mine. And that's a very naughty thing to do on a Stack Exchange website. But is this statement somehow justifiable or founded on some (technical) truth?

If not, could you provide with some information? NB: I work on Linux only.

Is GUI programming for internet browser made more easy than for desktop?
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I'm not a great programmer, to me it's just a hobby. I am more interested in desktop programming than web programming. When it comes to making a GUI however, it strikes me how difficult it seems to make a fully customised GUI with effects etc. for desktops, while websites are full of different designs and special effects. Of course, there is a need of consistency between applications on desktop, which somehow isn't needed on the Internet. Yet it seems desktop programmers are bound to using pre-sets of GUI kits (Gtk, Qt, Wx etc.), and overcoming the former looks like a huge amount of work.

So that's a subjective statement of mine. And that's a very naughty thing to do on a Stack Exchange website. But is this statement somehow justifiable or founded on some (technical) truth?

If not, could you provide with some information? NB: I work on Linux only.
