[haiku-development] Re: R1/a4 initial planning
- From: lodewijk andré de la porte <lodewijkadlp@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:11:55 +0100
You'd likely only notice the availability of Firefox. I agree we need some
method to the madness and not throw out any competitive edge.
Fact remains being compatable with linux gives us centuries of programmer
time worth of programs. If we could run Wine we get a shot at Windows
programs too. It's a hard thing to pass up.
We should strive to get Haiku end user ready ASAP. That said we must
maintain a pure, complete and "native" structure which hacks and non native
applications can route around for specific tasks.
On Feb 23, 2012 8:55 AM, "Justin Stressman" <jstressman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't have anything technically relevant to input, as I'm neither a
> developer nor even a real programmer etc...
>
> But I felt compelled to at least put in my 2 cents as a Haiku fan and
> user from an emotional standpoint.
>
> It pains me to see this talk about ditching the current API (with its
> Be nostalgia and sense of nativeness etc) to replace it with Qt.
>
> It feels like all the things that make Haiku unique and cohesive are
> being ditched for the sake of expedience. The trend of trying to be
> BSD licensed, to try to do things natively where possible, etc. It
> made Haiku feel more clean and special and unique.
>
> Now it feels like with all this talk of "let's just ditched all the
> native stuff and principles and just go for pragmatism... ease of
> porting and popularity for the general masses who won't know or care
> really" that it's just turning into another "Linux"... a mish-mash of
> disparate stuff all glued together. It's one of the feelings I never
> liked about Linux (having been using it for 15 years now) and now to
> see Haiku seemingly heading down that path makes me feel sad.
>
> To me there's a difference between using some device drivers with glue
> on the back end... or using the webkit engine in a native browser
> app... rather than tossing out the native apps entirely and the whole
> toolkit etc... it's like throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
>
> Again, I'm not technically qualified to have my opinion have any
> weight... I'm just speaking as an ignorant Haiku user/fan. Please
> don't flame me too hard. :)
>
> --
> 猿も木から落ちる
>
>
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