Yeah I think now that I've got the basics of perl down alot better Gtk really isn't as bad as I thought it was when I first looked at it. So far I've seen some examples already of really neat features that I'll have to find some sort of use for!

I use KDE so my other original reason for being inclined to stay away from Gtk was that I like to have a unified look across all my apps. Thanks to the gtk theme engine for qt Gtk apps now look great so I think I'll be sticking with the Gtk for now! Thanks everyone