[maemo-developers] Questions about HildonPannableArea

[From: Henrik Hedberg]

Claudio Saavedra wrote 09.06.2009 19:23:

> You are wrong. The HildonPannableArea is an important actor in
> Fremantle. Look at modest, for example, where it's heavily used. Of
> course, you can continue using a scrolled window, but that's completely
> up to you and I wouldn't recommend it, since it will look really oldish.

    This may sound nitpicking, but I do not think that "oldish" or 
"newish" is a value in itself. I see too often that someone has designed 
a modern and attractive user interface that is really awful to use. 
However, I would say that it would be inconsistent to use the old 
scrolled window when every other application is using the new pannable 
area. That kind of inconsistency makes an user confused.

    It might be useful to notice that usually a pannable area is used to 
scroll a container vertically. Thus, it could be possible to select text 
horizontally in a text entry at the same time. Could this be the 
solution to the original issue? What kind of improvements that requires 
to be implemented for applicable Hildon widgets?

    BR,

    Henrik

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