Andy, I believe that Geert is looking into GTK3 (not Gnome3) support, but I don't know the current status or if its expected to be completed in time for 2.8.
-derek On Tue, May 30, 2017 11:46 am, Andy Pastuszak wrote: > Will this also include native Gnome 3 support? I'm kind of hooked on > Gnome > 3 GTKHeaderBar. > > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Fross, Michael <mich...@fross.org> > wrote: > >> I would think that when GnuCash becomes a more traditional database >> application, a lot of doors would open. The mobile app could interact >> directly with the data without all of the sync work (which I believe >> would >> be significant.) >> >> IIRC, the goal for that is at the end of the year. Derek, if this is >> what >> you mean by the C++ rewrite, then apologies for the repetition. >> >> And for the record, I think an option to host your own server would be >> important. >> >> Keep up the great work guys. It's appreciated. >> >> Michael >> >> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > Steve <butterands...@gmail.com> writes: >> > >> > > Personally, I'd be willing to pay $100+ per year for the app. I >> don't >> > expect >> > > it to be free, I'm thrilled that for the past number of years since >> > leaving >> > > Quicken, that I have a program that "works". To have that >> information >> > > available to me wherever I am? Hard to put a price on it. Hard for >> me >> > to >> > > imagine that if one is able to translate the current program to a >> mobile >> > > app, that it would not get wide adoption with whatever reasonable >> monthly >> > > charge. >> > > >> > > I'm just saying that with each passing day, having a program that is >> > > anchored to a desktop or laptop computer, makes increasingly less >> sense. >> > > Perhaps progress is being made behind the scenes, I sure hope so. >> > >> > The issue at hand is that: >> > >> > 1) Building such an app would require time. It may be possible to >> > leverage the existing GnuCash for Android app, but it would require >> a >> > lot of extra work to handle real-time data syncronization. Also, >> > users would probably need/want an iOS version too. >> > >> > 2) We'd need to run a service that would enable data sharing between >> > the app and your desktop. The easiest way to do this would be a >> > hosted service that hosts your data wholesale. Another option >> would >> > be to enable you to run your own server, but I suspect MOST users >> > would not have the resources or skills to do that. >> > >> > 3) Before we could get any of this done, we'd need to complete the C++ >> > rewrite of the main code which would enable porting to the other >> > platforms. >> > >> > In short -- doing this would be a lot of work, it it would require a >> lot >> > of moving parts to come together. While I think it's a reasonable >> long >> > term goal, I don't see it happening in the next year or three without >> > some major influx of resources. >> > >> > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > >> > -derek >> > >> > -- >> > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory >> > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) >> > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH >> > warl...@mit.edu PGP key available >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnucash-user mailing list >> > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > ----- >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
