Lol, seems I got the same name in the first place. Anyways moving towards the explanation of Bens points pointed in direction of linux (and in general I do share his views wholeheartedly).
On Jan 29, 7:32 pm, Paweł Prażak <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 28, 10:18 pm, "Ben Goodger (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > First of all let me generally comment that this entire situation is a > > clusterf*ck. I am not happy with the technical constraints imposed by > > Linux and its assorted UIs on Chrome's UI and feature set. > > Why? What do you mean by "technical constraints imposed by Linux"? > (really, I'd like to know) > Something you consider a "constraint" others may name a feature. The gtk, gtk+, qt, gtk on directfb, wx shall I say more? If You start project like this, which one do You select, why do You so? No, Google is almighty but not that mighty... ;-) > > > For me, one priority is to ensure we deliver a good experience to most > > users and while doing so we're able to rapidly improve Chrome over the > > course of time. > > To do it you must understand needs and preferences of users on etch > platform. > And they seem to be all different even inside the linux itself, know the diffs between pure DirectFB, gtk, and gtk on directfb, right? > > My other priority is to ensure that the core essence of Chrome's > > design makes it to each of our platforms. > > But you also should respect that there are different platforms because > people wants to do things in different ways, so single platform will > somehow take away their ability to have choice. And Linux is all about > choice. > Linux is a whole lot more hassle in some areas as it provides different apis for all different subusers. pure fb against accelerated fb against acceleratedfb with widgets against pure c++ gtk+ or qt. Shitty, doesnt it sound so to You bro? > > A key aspect to this is the > > "Skyline" of the browser with tabs merging with the title bar and the > > general visual design. > > And that is the first thing I don't actually like in chrome, I just > like tabs bellow address bar, it makes more sense to me. > De gustibus non est disputandum. Thats their projects views, quite innovative and important to make the project diff. Shall be respected in first place as one of the key biz decisions (imho). > > On Linux, it seems fewer of these conditions exist. > > What you call inconsistency is what I call choice. > Too much of choice is what might make one end in eternal loop. Too much choice is worse than lack of those. In some cases (written in intelligible small font).... > > However, I don't think there's an easy answer here. It'd be a shame to > > have to spend a long time retrofitting views to support a HIG that > > doesn't represent consensus on Linux. The Mozilla project has spent a > > decade now trying to make XUL look good on different platforms, and to > > my eye there are still many problems. > > I realize that it's very difficult and I really hope you will make > right decisions and Chromium Linux port will rock! And there doesnt seem more to be said in the conclusion. Rock on Pawel +Google+Chrome. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
