Software Status Update

[Ivo Anjo]

Hi.

Would it be possible to use something like
http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2008/05/13/introducing-qgtkstyle/ on
Qtopia? With this, qt should follow the current gtk theme, and so apps
would be more consistent.

Ivo Anjo

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:33 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
<raster at openmoko.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:36:44 -0700 "steve" <steve at openmoko.com> babbled:
>
>> Raster, can you address the enlightenment issue mentioned below. I'd just
>> beclown myself if I tried.
> ...
>
>> Since the last time someone made some prodding was successful, may
>> I ask for some official news on the software side?
>>
>> I'm guessing it's everything at
>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenmokoFramework (which that page says
>> will be in alpha version next month) and
>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/NeoSoftwareStack (which really does raise
>> the question of how Android is expected to fit into this, and what some
>> of the new applications like illume, assassin, pidjin, etc really are).
>>
>> Or maybe it's the test cases and test reports being publicly posted?
>>
>> Btw, how deeply is enlightenment going to be involved in the OM
>> software? Are applications going to need to be programmed with EFL to
>> have a native look-and-feel on the Freerunner?
>
> as such the software update has both qtopia on it as well as enlightenment as
> the wm - yes, some apps use etk too. "native look" really doesn't exist. there
> is no one homogeneous toolkit. qt has no changes made to its look and feel
> currently. gtk does ship on the device. choose the toolkit you like. i really
> do not like the whole mindset of "we must program in language X or use toolkit Y
> because the device happens to use it somewhere in some apps by default". it's a
> limiting view of the world. use what you work best with. EFL is good for doing
> custom UI's (like WM's, media centers even filemanagers etc.). it's less strong
> at "standard boring run-of-the-mill widgets" but can do it fairly easily. qt is
> good for standard widget sets if u like c++.
>
> --
> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster at openmoko.org>
>
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