Hi all, As part of the Hob work for the 1.3 release it looks like we need to make a visual design and implementation decision: do we want a 'vanilla' or a 'branded' look for Hob? Sorry if the choice of words is not the best. Neither 'vanilla' nor 'branded' are meant in any negative way.
We did have this conversation when we started work on the 1.2 release of Hob, but somehow we settled for a middle way that is not working well and is causing issues like bug 1701. From my conversations with UI engineers and people with lots of experience in building applications using the GTK toolkit, the middle way just doesn't work. What I mean by 'vanilla' is an implementation that takes the visual appearance from the theme installed in the Hob host. The main advantage of vanilla implementations is they guarantee that Hob will play nicely with its host computer. What I mean by branded is a visually customised appearance which, apart from basic UI elements like window chrome and window controls, takes no input from the host theme. The advantage of this approach is full control over the Hob appearance (Hob should look like Hob no matter what Linux distribution you are using). Personally, I have no preferences: I think both have strengths and weaknesses and I am happy to go with any of the two. What I wouldn't like is sticking to a half-way-in-between approach which is giving us a lot of grief. I would like to know what the Yocto Project community thinks about these 2 approaches. Thanks! Belen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Corporation (UK) Limited Registered No. 1134945 (England) Registered Office: Pipers Way, Swindon SN3 1RJ VAT No: 860 2173 47 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto