A. Walton wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Kai Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Conrad Knauer wrote: >> >>> I was reading /. and they have an article up about "QGtkStyle" >>> http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/15/1319204 >>> >>> "A new project called QGtkStyle by Trolltech Labs gives Qt4 based >>> applications the possibility to integrate natively into Gtk based >>> desktops like Gnome or Xfce. Instead of simply imitating Gtk styles >>> QGtkStyle uses the Gtk theme engine directly. The project is still >>> considered experimental, but is another step into better integration >>> between Qt and Gtk applications." >>> >>> And it reminded me of something that I had been thinking about in the >>> past; Ubuntu is GNOME-based, but does not always default to GNOME's >>> app selections (e.g. Firefox, GIMP and OpenOffice.org as I recall). >>> Wouldn't it be interesting to take that a step further and have Ubuntu >>> represent the best Linux apps (e.g. K3B?), regardless of widget >>> dependency? If QGtkStyle (or such) could seamlessly integrate them >>> visually, I don't see why (beyond LiveCD size restrictions) that this >>> wouldn't be a good idea... >>> >>> Anyway, just thought I'd mention the idea to see what people think. >>> >>> CK >>> >> In my opinion Gnome has to change the HIG first. Although I really like >> the way affirmative actions are described with a verb instead of just >> "OK" it was not a good move to place the affirmative action on the right >> side of a dialog. >> > [snip] > > Whether or not you agree with it, it's been written in the HIG for > years and years, and it's the natural layout for long-time GNOME users > (and Mac OS X users for that matter). Changing this at such a late > point is just going to trigger an immense amount of frustration (I > imagine it'd be like waking up and noticing your mouse axes flipped > and your buttons were mapped the opposite direction). So no, the HIG > does not need to change in this aspect. > I actually wouldn't have dared to propose that as a new default to Gnome Upstream ;). I should have said that I also had in mind to make that option configurable. > Instead, for those who actually care about this (read: pedants, > KDE/Windows users), there's gtk_dialog_set_alternative_button_order() > which has been around since GTK+ 2.6 (sometime 2k4). And with a small > change to your .gtkrc file, you can have your cake and eat it too. And > you can file bugs against applications that don't use this function > with their dialogs and applications that violate the HIG (which is > probably a sizable number, but since the people who presumably care > about it don't speak up to developers...). I Thanks for the info. I didn't know about that - so this is technically solved (except for bugs). > understand Qt has a > similar ability for GNOME and Mac OS X support, but I've never had a > want or need to look into it so I'm not sure what it is or how to use > it. > As I have just read, Qt4.2 has introduced a mechanism for platform dependent button ordering (http://www.crossplatform.ru/?q=node/303). So hopefully, other cross platform APIs like Swing, SWT and wxWidgets add a similar function. It's probably not even bad if Windows / Wine ports look non-native ;-). Back to the topic, I think it is even more important that "Ubuntu beyound GTK apps" would behave consistently (i.e. follow the Gnome HIG as closely as possible) than looking similar to Gnome apps.
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