Hugh Gibson schrieb: >> qooxdoo 0.8 will massively improve on many of the listed points. >> Detailed roadmaps and plans will be published online in the >> following weeks. Stay tuned :) >> > > I would be interested to know what will be the transition from 0.8 to > version 1.0. There is undoubtedly some resistance to using qooxdoo > because it has still not got its first release. It's only when you dig > deeper that you realise that it's very usable right now, capable of > producing large applications. > > In reality, version 0.6 could have been termed version 1.0, 0.7 could > have been 2.0 (new classes etc) and 0.8 could be version 3.0. > > Also, with the new layout stuff what assistance will there be for > designing layouts? Whenever I have to write code for a new dialog I seem > to fight for ages with widths, borders, margins etc. Maybe that's just > the old layout engine (I always seem to get errors about different > combinations of widths which aren't supported) but there's no doubt that > a layout designer would be fantastic for getting an initial hierarchy of > controls created and make it much easier and faster to use qooxdoo. > One of the stated goals of the new layout engine is that it should be possible for everyone with a decent knowledge of qooxdoo to write his own layout manager. One other point is to streamline all those layout properties and offer only those, which are supported by a given layout.
> That would be a big plus when comparing qooxdoo with other packages - > probably more so than the availability of a native text editor which is > always going to play catchup with the market leaders like FCK editor. > > Hugh > Best Fabian -- Fabian Jakobs JavaScript Framework Developer 1&1 Internet AG Brauerstraße 48 76135 Karlsruhe Amtsgericht Montabaur HRB 6484 Vorstand: Henning Ahlert, Ralph Dommermuth, Matthias Ehrlich, Andreas Gauger, Thomas Gottschlich, Matthias Greve, Robert Hoffmann, Markus Huhn, Achim Weiss Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Michael Scheeren ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list qooxdoo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
