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Re: Pantheon Calculator

 

Personally I'm opposed to this. I find pantheon-calculator too basic, I
understand we aim at simplicity, but it's really lacking many basic
features. And while it surely looks better than gnome-calculator as a
standalone app, I don't find it elementarish at all, it's completely
different from every other app. Besides, at this point in the development
cycle, we should not add new features, let alone new apps.

Andrea "voluntatefaber" Basso

On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Daniel Fore <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I think the weirdest thing about Pantheon-Calculator now is that there's
> not really a good reason for it to be all custom cairo (which, IIRC, it
> is). We could have it be just as sexy in GTK3.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Alfredo Hernández <
> aldomann.designs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Whenever I need complex calculations, I use advanced mathematical
> software. I agree, Pantheon Calculator is a good piece of software and fits
> perfectly with elementary OS' philosophy; it should be the default
> calculation software on eOS.
>
> Regards, Alfredo.
> On 3 Mar 2013 22:35, "David Gomes" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello there,
>>
>> Mario just proposed to merge a branch to lp:pantheon-calculator that
>> fixes the close button bug and we are now wondering why Pantheon Calculator
>> isn't the default calculator on elementary OS.
>>
>> Yes, Gnome Calculator has more features, but most users (in our target
>> audience) only need to make simple additions, subtractions and whatnot.
>> Plus, Gnome Calculator isn't nearly as *sexy* as Pantheon Calculator.
>>
>> With this fix, we believe we can ship Pantheon Calculator. If more fixes
>> are necessary, I'm sure they can be made. What's your opinion on this
>> matter?
>>
>> David "Munchor" Gomes
>>
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