[maemo-developers] New apps for fremantle with Qt?

[From: Alberto Garcia]

On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 03:00:05PM +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:

> One small example that's been mentioned already in this thread: How
> do we create a HildonAppMenu with Qt? How do we create a
> HildonTouchSelector, and/or any of the specific selectors for time
> or dates, etc. I believe the answer is that we can't.
> 
> The Maemo Qt developers have not yet even decided whether they will
> add API to Qt for Maemo-specific UI features, let alone implemented
> it. It's OK to like Qt, but there's no need to avoid the actual
> problems faced by actual developers.

That is very important, since some of those widgets are completely
essential for Maemo 5.

If people take a look at the N900 videos that have been uploaded
to YouTube lately and see how the applications look and feel, it's
obvious that it's not possible to obtain a similar result without Qt
equivalents for these new widgets.

Berto