I don't think that "mobile distraction" was really bad (but IMHO Symbian took more attention than it deserved) — there are not many frameworks that would be as both feature-rich and close to the "wrote once, run everywhere" principle as Qt.
On 06/15/2012 07:00 PM, Jason H wrote: > Bleak? I was annoyed when Nokia took over TT, because substantial the > resources got moved to mobile. And I hated the preferred > Symbian-was-the-favoriate updates. > > Qt is still sub-par in many areas, especially web services > (consuming/providing) and XML (If DOM is deprecated then we need Update > functionality) > QML is awesome though. > > I've always used it for desktop/server apps and will continue to do so. Glad > the mobile distraction is over with. Let's get back to taking on .Net and > Java.. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Harri Pasanen <ha...@mpaja.com> > To: interest@qt-project.org > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:01 PM > Subject: Re: [Interest] Is Nokia officially done with Qt? > > IMHO Qt on Android still has promise. For Android there is nice hardware > that runs Qt well, while on Nokia only N9 and the latest Symbian phones > with 512Mb of memory and VideoCore IV GPU give a good user experience > for a range of apps. Android version would need more developers though. > > Also it would be good if some Android manufacturer would bake Qt in > phones at the factory. Or barring that, a couple of "must have" apps > done in Qt so that runtime would likely already be downloaded. > > I guess RIM is now only remaining officially Qt supporting mobile > platform with new hardware in pipeline? > > Windows 8 is a question mark, > http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-5-on-Windows-8-and-Metro-UI doesn't give > any conclusive info about tablet and phone support yet. > > I wasn't exactly betting the house on Meltemi, but the hope for it did > keep me motivated developing some N9 & Symbian Qt apps. No more... > > So for mobile, Qt future is somewhat bleak at the moment, at least in my > eyes. > > > Harri > > > On 06/14/2012 11:09 PM, Jason H wrote: >> I understand why he said it. >> >> Frankly, even the Qt way was going to fail unless someone brought >> Samsung on board (and they were shopping for something other than >> Android...) But $10b from MS got in the way. Now it looks like MS >> might buy Nokia or RIM which are both bad ideas because WP7 will die, >> Win8 will fail and we'll all be on Android or iOS. >> >> So ends the Qt mobile experiment. Or does it? Anyone seen GNOME's >> Broadway (HTML Canvas renderer)? I plan to try to implement >> "Vaudeville" - the Qt version - once 5.0 is out. Barring that, Qt goes >> back to being for non-mobile apps and embedded systems. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Rui Maciel <rui.mac...@gmail.com> >> *To:* interest@qt-project.org >> *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:52 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [Interest] Is Nokia officially done with Qt? >> >> On 06/14/2012 05:22 PM, Paul Miller wrote: >>> There was no mention at all about the fate of Qt. No reason to spread >>> any FUD. >> >> «Next billion strategy is based on Java. Period!» - Eero Penttinen >> @eeropenttinen >> https://twitter.com/eeropenttinen/status/213209218164076544 >> >> Eero Penttinen, as in Nokia's domain lead for Qt and MeeGo. >> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Eero/Penttinen >> >> By "next billion" I suspect he was referring to this: >> >> Qt’s future for Nokia: Bringing apps to the next billion. >> http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/06/21/qt%E2%80%99s-future-for-nokia-bringing-apps-to-the-next-billion/ >> >> So, it may be Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, but when it is self-inflicted >> we must pay some serious attention to it. >> >> >>> No matter - all my Qt applications continue to work, I can still get >>> Commercial support through Digia, and Open Governance will keep it >> going. >> >> Let's hope that Qt stays healthy. Although it isn't exactly perfect, >> it's the closest there is to it. It would be painful to be forced to >> replace it with some other toolkit. >> >> Rui Maciel
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