Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 16th Feb 2009 14:07 UTC
Late last week we ran a story on how the Google Chrome team had decided to use Gtk+ as the graphical toolkit for the Linux version of the Chrome web browser. It was a story that caused some serious debate on a variety of aspects, but in this short editorial, I want to focus on one aspect that came forward: the longing for consistency. Several people in the thread stated they were happy with Google's choice for purely selfish reasons: they use only Gtk+ applications on their GNOME desktops. Several people chimed in to say that Qt integrates nicely in a Gtk+ environment. While that may be true from a graphical point of view, that really isn't my problem with mixing toolkits. The issue goes a lot deeper than that.
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Member since:2005-07-06
We aren't talking about Chrome. Chrom ekickstarted the discussion on consistency - this article isn't about Chrome at all.
But his underlying point is valid to the discussion. Just because all your apps use the same underlying toolkit is in now way a guarantee for a consistent experience. Chrome is just the illustrating example.
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2005-06-29
We aren't talking about Chrome. Chrom ekickstarted the discussion on consistency - this article isn't about Chrome at all.