Hi everyone, Rather a long discussion over IBus, but it seems to more or less boil down to two voices and this:
Gnome developers: we want tighter IM integration and simpler UI in the name of better UX, and are looking at IBus as the underlying technology, Users: IBus has poor support for CJK input and a history of not addressing these problems. The developers desire for improving the UX is commendable, but without core functionality there is no UX regardless of how sweet the UI; in the UX contest ugly menu wins over no keyboard hands down; Linux users will put up with a lot, but I dare to say (though I am not a UX designer!) we all draw the line at not being able to use the keyboard. CJK represents a big target user group that Gnome cannot afford to ignore; it would seem to me that the necessary conclusion here is that, at this point in time, IBus is not a suitable candidate for a singular IM framework supported by Gnome, and that any plans for immediate IM improvements need to be rethought to avoid hard IBus dependency. Tomas _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list