On May 24, 2010, at 12:59 PM, ext Graham Cobb wrote: > On Monday 24 May 2010 10:31:32 Arjan van de Ven wrote: >> just to clarify; "GNOME Mobile" is not part of MeeGo really (although on >> the netbook, we've borrowed some components for the UI implementation), and >> nobody should depend on this being there for app development for MeeGo. Use >> Qt for that. > > Of course, new apps should be built using Qt. > > I am fine with GTK+ not being part of the MeeGo platform but I think it > unlikely it will not be available for apps which want it (ported by the > community). Personally, I plan to make the GPE apps available in case anyone > wants them and will build GTK (and other libraries, although not necessarily > Hildon) myself if necessary. In fact, my interest tends to be mainly in > porting existing apps (and libs) rather than development of new ones. > > What I will be really interested to find out is how usable a GTK app is with > the handheld UX (without Hildon).
As general view, plain applications made with plain desktop UI toolkit will have very poor usability in mobile device. Usage paradigm with touchscreen and finger is so different than in desktop with mouse. Good examples using kinetic finger scroll from content pane and not scroll bars. Some things won't work at all, as example input method needs tight integration with text input widgets. If you would like to get even moderate usability with GTK+ applications you need Hildon but you can't get hildon without porting from Maemo 5. Input method is different and some Maemo5 features like stacked windows needs support from window manager. Kate _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
