mozilla qt

[Abdullah Ramazanoglu]

begin  Raphael Bauduin dedi ki:
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:29:43 +0300, ar018 at yahoo.com wrote:
>> Raphael Bauduin wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > I've installed the firefox and thunderbird packages, which are based
>> > on GTK and Gnomified. It works find, but brought a lot of
>> > dependencies. Do you know if the Mozilla Qt that was developed during
>> > last Akademy is still alive, and if it is planned to be used in
>> > Kubuntu?
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Unfortunately some Ubuntu packages are needlessly Gnomified in a
>> hardcoded way. It would be very nice if Ubuntu packages could become
>> more modular and desktop agnostic.
>> 
>> That said, I don't believe in touching the look and feel of certain well
>> established apps such as Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice among the
>> big three (Linux, Windows, Mac). These apps are (1) primary bridges from
>> Windows to Linux providing the same look and feel across multiple
>> platforms, (2) important enablers for companies in mixing different
>> platforms (continuously or while migrating).
>> 
>> Consistent look and feel across various platforms are one of the main
>> appeals of these apps. Spoiling this would only harm Kubuntu, I'm
>> afraid. So I would rather both Ubuntu and Kubuntu wouldn't touch their
>> look&feel.
> 
> Well, I think that integrating it well in the desktop used is not bad.
> A common example is  the "Open file" dialog.

I agree it's an appealing feature for the establised KDE users. But I was
referring to the appeal for a potential switcher (both individual and
corporate). For individuals, consistent look&feel minimizes change shock
and hence makes Linux more newbie friendly and appealing. For corporates,
this is a requirement to carry out a smooth migration from Windows to
Linux.

> Also, the port of Mozilla to Qt also included the port of Gecko to Qt
> so you could use Gecko as redering engine in Konqueror, which is also
> something I'm looking for.

This is very interesting. Provided that Firefox is split into two packages,
the engine and the browser, and Konq has an option to use either engine,
it would be a great feature for Konq without affecting installation size
or Firefox look&feel. Best of both worlds. I liked the idea.

Best regards
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Abdullah Ramazanoglu
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