Tk's lack of "chrome" (prompted by Re: Tk::FunkyButton ?)

I have had various of list (and even day job) complaints that perk/Tk
"looks old fashioned".

Also tracking/converting Tcl/Tk is a pain (and core Tk is where 
most of the "look" comes from).

So for perl6 (when it comes) I would rather write/help-out-with a 
native perl/XS GUI - perhaps by wrapping gtk2. 

The gtk seems to progressing well on unicode font handling etc.
There is at least a "render" library for SVG which would be a start
towards a Canvas replacement and/or we could go 3D and use OpenGL 
(which is usually available somehow these days).

There is an existing Gtk2 perl module, but I haven't tried it yet, and 
of course it has a different API. 
(A quick read suggests it is lower level than perl/Tk, but I may be doing it 
an injustice. But if true and it does not get horribly messy perhaps 
we can fake perl/Tk API on top.)

Have any of you tried perl/Gtk2?

Do you prefer gtk2 "look"?   - e.g. gimp / inkscript etc.

(Does gtk2 work on Mac?)

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