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Re: Quim keynote on Maemo's switch to Qt as the main toolkit

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Originally Posted by Stskeeps (Post 306481)

Look at Qtablet and such to see that a Maemo-like WM is fairly easy to accomplish.

That uses a work-in-progress fork of qlwm apparently.

Re: Quim keynote on Maemo's switch to Qt as the main toolkit

Maybe a little late to this thread, but I think it is important to clarify some issues:
1. Is it true that application compiled with qt, when the sdk (non beta) is released, for maemo 5, will not have the same look as the gtk+ ones?
2. Since there is no support from nokia for gtk in maemo 6 there is no way to know if gtk applications compiled for maemo 6 will look as they should, like their qt 4.6+ apps
3. At this point as a n900 user I am supposed to buy a device that should get community and commercial support, but at this moment the community/companies do not know if fremantle is worth developing for.
4. As a developer I am supose to come and develop for this device knowing that I may have to totaly rewrite my code. Words like we don't know what it will be implies this.

Thanks for your patience.

Re: Quim keynote on Maemo's switch to Qt as the main toolkit

There has been some talk about this on the maemo-developers list, you might want to check that out. Search for posts by Kate Alhola. Long story short

1. Qt stuff looks roughly the same, except for a few specific widgets (like calendar picker)

2. There is no way to know how ANYTHING will look in maemo 6. Even if you are GTK, that doesn't mean a maemo 4 app will act Fremantleish just after a recompile

3. Yes (was that a question ?)

4. You will certainly not have to totally rewrite your code, regardless of your choice of GTK or Qt.

Here is Kate's closing line on the discussion:

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Always, freedom of choice leaves some space of confusion between choices.

Let's simplify:

If you have already GTK+/Hildon application, fastest and easiest way is
to get it for N900 is continue using Hildon. It is clear that N900 will
be most successful maemo device so you will have a lot of users
for your software. There is no reason rewrite existing GTK+ program
with Qt for N900 .

If you are writting a new application and you like to make your upgrade
path to Harmatan as easy as possible or if you would like make
your application cross platform also to other Nokia platforms,
then yuo should consider Qt as number one option.

I also understand that there is many GTK or Qt lovers ones that would write
their application with GTK+ or with Qt any case because it is their
personal
choice and that is their right.