| andybons | 3322f76 | 2015-08-24 21:37:09 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # Benefits of ViewsGtk |
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| 3 | * Better code sharing. For example, don't have to duplicate tab layout or bookmark bar layout code. |
| 4 | * Tab Strip |
| 5 | * Drawing |
| 6 | * All the animationy bits |
| 7 | * Subtle click selection behavior (curved corners) |
| 8 | * Drag behavior, including dropping of files onto the URL bar |
| 9 | * Closing behavior |
| 10 | * Bookmarks bar |
| 11 | * drag & drop behavior, including menus |
| 12 | * chevron? |
| 13 | * Easier for folks to work on both platforms without knowing much about the underlying toolkits. |
| 14 | * Don't have to implement ui features twice. |
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| 16 | |
| 17 | # Benefits of Gtk |
| 18 | * Dialogs |
| 19 | * Native feel layout |
| 20 | * Font size changes (e.g., changing the system font size will apply to our dialogs) |
| 21 | * Better RTL (e.g., http://crbug.com/2822 http://crbug.com/5729 http://crbug.com/6082 http://crbug.com/6103 http://crbug.com/6125 http://crbug.com/8686 http://crbug.com/8649 ) |
| 22 | * Being able to obey the user's system theme |
| 23 | * Accessibility for buttons and dialogs (but not for tabstrip and bookmarks) |
| 24 | * A better change at good remote X performance? |
| 25 | * We still would currently need Pango / Cairo for text layout, so it will be more efficient to just draw that during the Gtk pipeline instead of with Skia. |
| 26 | * Gtk widgets will automatically "feel and behave" like Linux. The behavior of our own Views system does not necessarily feel right on Linux. |
| 27 | * People working on Windows features don't need to worry about breaking the Linux build. |
