On 08-02-13 16:09, Derek Atkins wrote:
Geert Janssens <janssens-ge...@telenet.be> writes:
Forgot to mention: Gtk3 was indeed not on the agenda for 2.6. 2.6 is
only meant to be *ready* to be migrated. This means getting rid of all
the deprecated gtk symbols. Other than the register this is done. So
the register rewrite is actually important for this goal, whether we
use the GtkTreeView approach or the libgnome->cairo route.
Personnaly I'd rather see us move to Qt instead of Gtk3 when that
decision has to be made. My reasoning is that I think the Gtk
developers have lost sight of their target audience, and as a result
keep removing features that are vital. It's too much of a loose
firehose, and IMHO shouldn't be supported anymore. Indeed, for my next
desktop re-install I plan to move away from a Gnome desktop and over to
XFCE..
With Gtk3 the Gnome project has chosen a very different course which
turns out to be very controversial as well. I have both seen people who
absolutely love it and people who totally can't stand it. My point of
view? I'm pretty neutral as I don't use it ;) I only used Gnome 2 for a
while a long time ago, switched to kde then and never returned (this is
not meant as a kde promo!).
It doesn't look to me they have lost sight of their target audience
though. I rather think they have deliberately redefined their target
audience. Inevitable that means some people that used to be targeted no
longer are and hence don't like the new experience. I think many
long-time knowledgeable computer users fall into that category. Less
experienced users seem to like it a lot more.
I'm not here to defend the Gnome project's decisions though. I'm just
saying whether gtk3 is a good thing or not is rather subjective.
Geert
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