On 10/27/11 11:48 AM, "ext Frans Klaver" <franskla...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi, > >On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Schimkowitsch Robert ><robert.schimkowit...@andritz.com> wrote: > >> I see there's no Qt5-Feedback list up and running, so I'll post here in >>the >> meantime. > >AFAIK all qt5 feedback can go onto the development mailing list now. >It's probably best to continue the discussion there. Yes. development@qt-project.org is the place for these discussions and is (so far) completely about Qt 5 :) > >Cheers, >Frans > > >> I have really big issues with the "OpenGL ES" decision. I have >>developed a >> 2D-graphic engine for Windows (kinda similar to GraphicsView in its >> abilities), based on OpenGL. >> >> Over the years, I had tons of trouble with >> -) Memory or resource leaks in graphic card drivers >> -) Crashes when using Remote Desktop >> -) Drivers only working in single monitor mode >> -) Issues where the graphic output would look different on a certain >>graphic >> card (an absolute no-go for a technical application that people depend >>on) >> >> After battling those issues for several years, I had to drop back to the >> Microsoft OpenGL 1.1 software driver. Fortunately, it is quite fast >>enough >> for what I need. It does have it's flaws, but at least I know them and >>can >> work around them. >> >> Please, take it from someone who has been trough the fires: Provide a >>pure >> software rendering fallback, at least for QWidget and >>QGraphicsView-based >> applications! To repeat it once again: QWidgets (and that includes QGraphicsView) do NOT require any OpenGL in Qt 5. Cheers, Lars >> >> Allow the developer to choose this fallback! >> >> It makes all the difference between testing the resulting application >>once, >> or on every graphic card with every driver version a customer might use. >> Which is obviously impossible. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Robert Schimkowitsch >_______________________________________________ >Development mailing list >Development@qt-project.org >http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development