On Thursday 06 September 2012 09:03:56 Thiago Macieira wrote: > On quinta-feira, 6 de setembro de 2012 08.53.11, Boudewijn Rempt wrote: > > > Another point to consider: > > > > > > 1) Quick 2.0 is the way to go, but it targets designers > > > 2) Designers use mostly Adobe suite and other similar tools > > > > > > (this means probably Wacoms in there) > > > > > > 3) Even with the Wacom unplugged the bugs are present, killing the > > > usefulness of even QtCreator > > > 4) Many scenarios will pop where designers+coders work in the same > > > workstations 5) These wacom problems will become common as time > > > passes > > > > > > Myself have a room with 40+ workstations where the driver is > > > installed/uninstalled at least once a week, it's a nightmare. > > > > Huh? Qt Creator works fine here... And I've got a wacom plugged in all > > the time. You seem to be saying that people designing an application > > with Qt Creator have trouble because they have a wacom attached, and > > that that's a reason Qt should drop its tablet support? That sounds > > weird to me. > He's saying that Qt Creator and those other applications don't work on those > workstations that have Wacom tablets installed. You know very well that > working for you is no guarantee that it works for everyone. > > Sadly, our current support for tablets is very, very limited. We know it > breaks every other release -- since it is never tested before a release, it > breaks; then we get bug reports, it gets fixed, and then in the next > release, it breaks again. > > I'd prefer if we fix this once and for all. Maybe the QPA architecture makes > it simpler to keep working. Who knows... > > But since I made the suggestion to remove it: if we can't get it tested and > get it to work, just disable the support. No code needs to be removed. Just > make the loading of the Wacom DLL always fail.
I wouldn't like this solution ... my app uses wacom DLL on win for years now - works fine and is an important feature of the product. I use it for penabled tables/convertibles and alike - and would hate to see this go away. my 2 ct. Frank _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
