> Fine, put a customized UI on top, but most if not all of that could be > solved with only a custom touchscreen driver, just like all the fancy > things you can do with Logitech's mouse/trackball drivers (not that I > ever install them any more). But it's VERY important to keep the > underlying OS a full desktop version, complete with *all* the apps in > the standard repositories with no porting necessary. Anything else You are retracing the steps of Maemo here :) The original GTK+ stuff and interface were much closer to upstream GTK+. The hildon things and other customizations were introduced *exactly* because desktop UI elements did not give a pleasant user interface no matter how you styled them. You start by restyling the menus, then input elements, then... and in the end you reach present day Maemo :) After trying a tabletpc or two, I agree with Kate, it's far more than just a fancy mouse pointer + virtual keyboard, using desktop stuff with fingers is just a pain (try using openoffice, gimp or even just the browser on a TabletPC... seems straightforward in theory, in practice it's beyond horrible - hence the TabletPC concept fail). I agree UI API compatibility should not be broken just on a whim, only if there really are good reasons for it, but compromises WILL have to be made - it simply is a different input paradigm. > will result in a massive fail. That's Maemo's #1 failing: there are > too many little details required when porting, standard repositories > do NOT work, and the app base just isn't there. The Nokia ITs have The good news is that Qt holds a promise to solve this. If it really is true that Qt 4.6 things even without DUI will be first class citizens, things will be a lot easier. On Maemo 5 I already develop my Qt4.6 apps with the desktop version of Qt and just compile/run in scratchbox when I want to test or deploy, the differences are really that minimal. Regards, Attila _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
