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

[From: Ville M. Vainio]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Attila Csipa <maemo at csipa.in.rs> wrote:

>> it would be nice if the Qt apps written for Fremantle would look
>> identical in Diablo - i.e. implement it so that they would use
>> "fremantle style" in Diablo. I don't think people care as much about
>> "retaining a consistent feel", as they do about having stuff they can
>> comfortably use with their fingers.
>
> If this was just about button/dialog styling, it would be relatively easy, but
> there are differences that would make this a very awkward thing. While I
> understand the request from a pragmatic user standpoint, I can't really
> support it considering the cons (inconsistency, more work, potentially
> breaking existing apps and having things that simply won't work right in a
> Diablo context).

I think it would end up being less work (for the developers), and
would make those now-dated Diablo devices much more useful (without
switching to Mer). The twist here is that you can use the same
codebase for both Diablo and Fremantle, and expect the app to work the
same. Provided that Nokia chooses to support
Qt-apps-made-in-fremantle-style in Harmattan as well, so much the
better.

It will create more work for those that already made Diablo Qt apps
(they would have to retest & tweak their app, but in the end they
would have a better app), but how many are those anyway? After using
both Diablo and Fremantle ui's, the Diablo one will quickly feel like
a strait jacket...

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Ville M. Vainio
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