'Re: Qt-only KDE applications'

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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Qt-only KDE applications
From:       Henrik Johnson <hpj () globecom ! se>
Date:       2002-01-22 23:09:08
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Neil Stevens wrote:

>On Tuesday January 22, 2002 04:45, Matthias Ettrich wrote:
>
>>Opinions? Do you think that would be useful at all?
>>
>
>I think it'd discourage KDE application development, encouraging instead 
>Qt application development, because it'd make people think that Qt apps 
>could be "close enough" for KDE users to tolerate.  So it'd be harmful to 
>KDE.
>
>Ultimately, it won't ever make Qt apps be real KDE apps anyway, so KDE 
>users lose.
>
>Who wins?  Application developers aimed at securing the largest possible 
>audience.  This allows them to get a raft of KDE services, without 
>abandoning their core Windows market.
>
What application is not interested in getting the largest possible 
audience. If your doing open source the only gratification you get is 
pretty much the number of users that appreciate your work. Your whole 
attitude seems to be about getting KDE as many users as possible, why 
are you so recentfull of other people having the same attitude towards 
their projects. The fact of the matter is that KDE is still a very small 
desktop environment compared to Windows, and if you want an as large an 
audience as possible you can't ignore that. Currently I solve this in my 
application with a lot of ifdef:s and I manage to accomplish most of the 
functionality in the initial email of this thread, but I'm guessing that 
I'm not the only one who is having this problem and most people probably 
just ignore it and stick with Qt only support, and I can only agree with 
TheKompany and the other application developers that this would be 
really helpfull.

/Mauritz
GlobeCom AB

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Neil Stevens wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:200201221556.g0MFuIG31861@terminus">
  <pre wrap="">On Tuesday January 22, 2002 04:45, Matthias Ettrich wrote:<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap="">Opinions? Do you think that would be useful at all?<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap=""><!----><br>I think it'd discourage KDE application development, \
encouraging instead <br>Qt application development, because it'd make people think \
that Qt apps <br>could be "close enough" for KDE users to tolerate.  So it'd be \
harmful to <br>KDE.<br><br>Ultimately, it won't ever make Qt apps be real KDE apps \
anyway, so KDE <br>users lose.<br><br>Who wins?  Application developers aimed at \
securing the largest possible <br>audience.  This allows them to get a raft of KDE \
services, without <br>abandoning their core Windows market.<br></pre>  </blockquote>
What application is not interested in getting the largest possible audience.
If your doing open source the only gratification you get is pretty much the
number of users that appreciate your work. Your whole attitude seems to be
about getting KDE as many users as possible, why are you so recentfull of
other people having the same attitude towards their projects. The fact of
the matter is that KDE is still a very small desktop environment compared
to Windows, and if you want an as large an audience as possible you can't
ignore that. Currently I solve this in my application with a lot of ifdef:s
and I manage to accomplish most of the functionality in the initial email
of this thread, but I'm guessing that I'm not the only one who is having
this problem and most people probably just ignore it and stick with Qt only
support, and I can only agree with TheKompany and the other application developers
that this would be really helpfull.<br>
    <br>
/Mauritz<br>
GlobeCom AB<br>
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