msevior (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} msevior) wrote,@ 2008-07-17 14:00:00 |
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Yet another opinion on GTK-3.0
From the point of view of AbiWord, the big issues with GTK+ and GNOME are fonts, complex text, Input Methods, printing and precision positioning of text on screen.
In principle all these are being addressed in the current GTK+2.x series, along with font-config, pango and cairo.
It's not clear that GTK+ 3.0 will make fixing any of this easier. If it will please let me know. Otherwise I agree with Miguel, Morten and HP. Why make the development of large applications harder than it already is?
BTW I have not given up on GNOME as a workstation and I especially feel that with small netbooks running linux appearing at the rate of tens of millions per year, that now is exactly the wrong time to do so.
From the point of view of AbiWord, the big issues with GTK+ and GNOME are fonts, complex text, Input Methods, printing and precision positioning of text on screen.
In principle all these are being addressed in the current GTK+2.x series, along with font-config, pango and cairo.
It's not clear that GTK+ 3.0 will make fixing any of this easier. If it will please let me know. Otherwise I agree with Miguel, Morten and HP. Why make the development of large applications harder than it already is?
BTW I have not given up on GNOME as a workstation and I especially feel that with small netbooks running linux appearing at the rate of tens of millions per year, that now is exactly the wrong time to do so.
