On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Conrad Knauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was reading /. and they have an article up about "QGtkStyle" > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/15/1319204 > > "A new project called QGtkStyle by Trolltech Labs gives Qt4 based > applications the possibility to integrate natively into Gtk based > desktops like Gnome or Xfce. Instead of simply imitating Gtk styles > QGtkStyle uses the Gtk theme engine directly. The project is still > considered experimental, but is another step into better integration > between Qt and Gtk applications." > > And it reminded me of something that I had been thinking about in the > past; Ubuntu is GNOME-based, but does not always default to GNOME's > app selections (e.g. Firefox, GIMP and OpenOffice.org as I recall). > Wouldn't it be interesting to take that a step further and have Ubuntu > represent the best Linux apps (e.g. K3B?), regardless of widget > dependency? If QGtkStyle (or such) could seamlessly integrate them > visually, I don't see why (beyond LiveCD size restrictions) that this > wouldn't be a good idea... > > Anyway, just thought I'd mention the idea to see what people think. > > CK > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >
There will always be something obvious about QT apps running in GNOME or GTK apps running in KDE. It's a question of who amongst the two desktops will bend for the sake of consistency of their each own applications. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
