ModRana Roadmap

Qt GUI

A Qt base is currently the main item on the modRana roadmap, due to multiple reasons:

  • it enables modRana to run properly on Harmattan
  • it enables the use of kinetic scrolling, smooth animations and generally improves performance
  • generally better suitable for touchscreen interfaces with Qt Quick (QML)
    • unlike Clutter, that needs OpenGL, QML also supports software rendering
    • development experience with Mieru generally shows it's much faster to work with than doing custom UI with Cairo
  • removes the dependency on GTK
    • it is currently not possible to submit applications with outside dependencies both to the Ovi store and to Apps for MeeGo (AFM seems to be working on dependency support though)
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