Re: [libreoffice-design] UI: Android, GTK+/Qt, and Windows 8

Hello folks,

It's the party crasher again :-)  
We do not know when the Android port will even be ready, nobody talks
about a Qt and GTK port mostly because it's a daunting task and I am
sometimes appalled by the complete lack of practical, concrete work
done on this list. There are many people here ready to work on future
projects that do not even exist, but very few who are ready to improve
what we have now. 

The problem is, what we have now is what we have now; we won't have
something else easily in 6 months or 1 year, or even 2 years. So could
we please focus on actual UI improvements for the UI we have now?
Otherwise I'm afraid what we're discussing now is close from being
useless.

Best,
Charles. 


Le Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:13:17 +0100,
"alexander.wilms" <alexander.wilms@zoho.com> a écrit :

> Hi Mirek, *
>
> I personally would love to see LibreOffice in native gtk+ :)
> Does anyone know how complicated VCL is? I guess this would also mean
> a huge code cleanup, maybe making it more attractive to contribute to
> the project. I'd be good if some devs could give a guesstimate how
> much of this can be achieved during one release cycle, maybe focusing
> mostly on this issue.
>
> Alex
>
> ---- On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:44:24 +0100 Mirek M.
> &lt;mazelm@gmail.com&gt; wrote ---- 
>
>
> Hi everyone, 
> Given that we plan to rewrite the UI for the Android platform, I'm 
> wondering how much of this rewrite work can be shared with the
> desktop LibreOffice. More importantly, I'm wondering whether a
> rewrite is also planned for the web version, as converting VCL into
> GTK+ into HTML seems less-than-ideal. Would it be possible to do a
> gradual rewrite of LibreOffice into GTK+? 
> Lastly, I ask whether LibreOffice plans to become a "tailored app"
> for Windows 8, in which case it would also need to undergo a UI
> rework. 
> P.S. Just out of curiosity, has the no-LGPL restriction of the iOS
> AppStore been resolved? Or will LibreOffice ship with a different
> license for that platform, considering all developers agree? 
>  



-- 
Charles-H. Schulz
Member of the Board of Directors,
The Document Foundation.

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