2016-04-02 15:59 GMT+02:00 Stephen Houston <[email protected]>: > I think the necessary tools are already there to do a slideshow. Image > widget, button widget, layout widget, timer, etc... I think a toolkit > should provide all of the basic elements, but not be worried with > maintaining, as you said, complex widgets. It's obviously a question of > where to draw the line as to how high level to make widgets... I'm of the > philosophy of keeping it low level and super refined and stable. The > higher level we go, the less diversity we will have among applications. > Some may like that, some may not. Also, the higher level we go, the more > generic those widgets will become, not fitting specific needs, and causing > people to just rewrite their own versions anyway. I think retiring > slideshow is a good idea, and Ephoto uses it at the moment. I've been > intending to write my own version anyway. Just my two cents. >
I disagree here, building a slideshow in app code is not that easy and it require the developer to write some edc for the animations, thus requiring and edje file installation and thus making the app harder to theme. I consider the slideshow widget simple and useful. > On Apr 2, 2016 8:33 AM, "Carsten Haitzler" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:06:43 +0200 Davide Andreoli < > [email protected]> > > said: > > > > > > > well, I don't need it for 1.18 but for 2.0, when we will need to port > > > existing > > > apps to efl2. So I think there will be the time to implement Slideshow > in > > > the Eo API. Indeed the Slideshow widget need a rewrite, it has some > > > problems as it is implemented now. > > > > perhaps really complex ui components like slideshop should belong in some > > separate collection of "useful but not core/necessary" widgets? > > > > > > -- > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Transform Data into Opportunity. > > Accelerate data analysis in your applications with > > Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. > > Click to learn more. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785471&iu=/4140 > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Transform Data into Opportunity. > Accelerate data analysis in your applications with > Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. > Click to learn more. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785471&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785471&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
