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Re: My two cents ... again and again
by Grósz Dániel on Friday 28/Mar/2008, @17:36
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"Because once you wrote your application you can run it for decades"
If the software is maintained, recompilations do not make a problem and for open source software under Linux it is usually done by distributors. Unmaintained open source software usually is not worth much and one cannot rely on it. Closed source Qt software are usually available with statically linked Qt - in this case future API changes (which occur only at major version changes) also do not matter.
"My second point is that ... we already have Java. We have .Net managed code"
I am not sure if it would be better to interpret some bytecode for the convenience of providing one binary for all platforms. (More precisely, I am sure: I wouldn't waste my CPU with using non-native applications much.)
"the world has already moved further"
Say the world has moved (or is moving). I am not sure if further.
"recompilation is not necessary at all"
On Linux that is done by distributors. For Windows binaries, AFAIK it will be done by the KDE on Windows team. Up to this point it works smoothly (as KDE developers do not have to care about compiling, just writing the code and binaries appear in distros). If you develop proprietary software, it is more difficult to make it work on all Linux distros (although solvable with static linking) but it is not more difficult to compile (statically) a Qt program on Windows than to compile a native Windows program.
"your shiny KDE4 binary to Windows users"
Again, you can, just an other binary.
"will start in Windows at least two times faster than in Windows"
What do you want to say?
"Windows offers *keyboard only* driven GUI (you can virtually do anything without using a mouse) - the thing which is still *not* possible in *any* Linux DE."
What can be done with keyboard on Windows that cannot be under KDE? |
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Re: My two cents ... again and again
by Imruska on Wednesday 02/Apr/2008, @04:43
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"Windows offers *keyboard only* driven GUI (you can virtually do anything without using a mouse) - the thing which is still *not* possible in *any* Linux DE."
"What can be done with keyboard on Windows that cannot be under KDE?"
Well, I do not know, but unfortunately there are certain things that cannot be driven by keyboard in KDE.
One issue in question are the vertical "side tabs" in Konqueror. Navigating between the various tabs (root directory, home directory, services etc.) can only be done by mouse (I tried to find a possibility to assign a key combination, but I failed. So if there *is* a way to do it, I would welcome any suggestions.) The same with Kaffeine and Amarok (they also have these vertical "side bars").
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Re: My two cents ... again and again
by jos poortvliet on Wednesday 02/Apr/2008, @06:47
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with tab you should be able to give these tabs focus, and then you can open them... Haven't tried it, though.
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Re: My two cents ... again and again
by Grósz Dániel on Saturday 05/Apr/2008, @04:46
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I could open sidebars with tab but I couldn't focus in them. Anyway, I don't se any reason to navigate such an interface with keyboard - with keyboard typing in paths with completion is much more convenient. I don't think many users choose Windows because they can navigate such things in Windows.
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