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Re: [trinity-devel] Trinity qt4 port?

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:32:19 -0600
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:12:14 -0800 (PST)
> Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@...> wrote:
>
>> When viewed from the perspective that Qt4 is (probably) influenced by
>> cell phone design, then I start to see some of the challenges with
>> Qt4. That does not make Qt4 "right" or "wrong" in itself, but sheds
>> light on whether Qt4 is an appropriate tool set for the desktop style
>> of computing. Sounds to me that Qt4 is a good selection for hand-held
>> devices but perhaps not so great for desktop computing.
> Nokia didn't design Qt4, Trolltech did. Before being bought.

I would say that thos information doesn't change the basic argument at
all.  It just explains one reason why Nokia bought Qt, to have a toolkit
that would work well on their mobile devices.

Tim