Hi, i don't see a roadmap for the MeeGo handset. Here are some things which to my understanding are facts:
- Nokia is definitely not supporting this any longer than jun 2012 - MeeGo officially doesn't include any support for hildon/gtk nor plain qt app nor meegotouch - The only MeeGo handset ever to be released addresses the masses and not geeks - No other vendor has announced any mass market handset or has been demoing anything in this direction My problem here is that i don't see any path to the future. The fact that there's no roadmap for future hardware makes it very dangerous to explicitely code for MeeGo handsets. Cross plattform development on the other hand also isn't easy as MeeGo doesn't support any of the established frameworks from Maemo4, Maemo5, Symbian etc ... It especially doesn't support hildon/gtk nor plain qt apps nor meegotouch apps. Without apps there won't be users. Without users no other vendor will replace nokia. Exclusively focussing on a brand new tool chain like qml/qtquick would only then be an option if there'd actually be a roadmap. But it looks like there isn't. So the goal should be leverage the existing infrastructure as possible instead of asking developers to start from scratch. This imho may cause that there'll never be a solid developer and user base. I personally think that MeeGo handset is now orphaned and i think it would be very useful to find ways to connect to it's ancestors to get some intial broad set of software support which in turn might help it find a new home. To achieve this, some very basic projects are needed: - A MeeGo port of hildon/plain gtk+ and some (unofficial) support for both. To my understanding nokia has actually tried to trigger this and there's some progress being done here, albeit slower than hoped. - But imho way more important requirement is some nice integration of plain qt apps. Until a few days ago there has been some half-done themeing for plain qt apps that made those to mimic the look and feel of meegotouch apps. Without such theming plain qt apps look exactly like their desktop counterparts (they e.g. have a tiny ordinary menu bar on top and always run in landscape, see and example here: http://www.harbaum.org/till/harmattan.jpeg). I'd really like to see the mtf theming to get some caring attention. Qt really is a great basis for both desktop and handset apps and the Maemo5 qt integration impressively shows how well the handset integration can be done. I really think a solid foundation to port apps from previous Maemo versions will be crucial to get a solid application based for the MeeGo handset. And this in turn is required to pave a persistent road for meego handset. Till _______________________________________________ MeeGo-community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines
