[Geany-Devel] A direction for Geany

[Thomas Martitz]

Am 12.11.2013 00:35, schrieb Matthew Brush:
> On 13-11-11 03:11 PM, Yosef Or Boczko wrote:
>> As a GNOME 3 user, I realy like the recent design of
>> the applications in GNOME, specify the GtkHeaderBar[1].
>>
>> And yes, I know have some people not like the new design of
>> GNOME.
>>
>> As Matthew say, we can to go use the modern GTK+ API,
>> for GtkApplication, GSettings and more, and I offer to go
>> also to the GtkHeaderBar, it realy good thing.
>>
>
> Yes, we shouldn't avoid embracing/using our GUI toolkit to its fullest 
> just because people dislike the most famous desktop environment that 
> uses it. If we're never going to fully embrace it to avoid "gnoming 
> things up", then we should switch to a different toolkit that everyone 
> feels comfortable with and fully embrace that. The toolkit we use 
> shouldn't be a political/emotional issue but rather technical.


Embracing the toolkit (GTK) and adopting GNOME application style are two 
different things. Yes, we can make more use of GTK. But we do not have 
to "GNOME it up" for it. And whether or not we use a toolkit to its 
fullest is no indication at all that we switch to another one.

Best regards.