On 17.05.2012 14:42, Иван Комиссаров wrote: > Well, i do care about what happen to QWidgets. Maybe i'm old-fashioned (i'm > 23 years old, heh), but i do have lot of code based on QWidgets. And that > code works. So, you suggest me to thow away all code i've made, because > QWidgets have bad design? And whst i got? Unfinished yet QML? Thanks, i'd > better won't use Qt anymore. > > I don't have anything against QML as a technology - it is really good idea. > But it breaks existing code. And provides very few advantages instead - most > animations i can implement using QAnimation classes. And desktop applications > don't need those animations - even Mac has quite few animations - they don't > animate _everything_. Most i see on my mac can be done using QWidgets. > > I want to have my code working from now and forever (while qt lives). > Alternate technologies are good while i can mix technologies (Qt Creator's > start screen is a good example). I want to use beautiful, custom QML > interface for contact list/chat window of my (hypotetical) IM Messenger, but > i'd still prefer to use plain QWidget's for it's preferences windows and > dialogs. > You're trying to tell me that i have to use QML everywhere. I don't like that.
No, I didn't say you should replace your QWidget code with QML based. When you are happy with QWidget, use it. QWidgets will stay for a long time in Qt. I assume problems with QWidgets will also be a show-stopper for a new Qt release. But in Trolltech times, each new Qt release was a event for desktop developers: new widget, new features, improved widgets. I could remember the fascination when webkit was added to Qt! Now a Qt release became a bit boring for QWidget users. All you get are some bug fixes. Actually QWidgets is in a feature freeze like mode, because neither Nokia/Digia nor others are working on new QWidget based stuff. Only bugs will be fixed. Doesn't other companies call this mode "maintance". But this is also a chance: on the long run QWidgets will become one of the most bug-free parts within Qt. Which is also a benefit for embedded systems where a update is much more expensive and complicated than on a desktop system. This is the good thing about the 'Done' status. Peter _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
