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[Martin Kaistra <admin@xxxxxxxx>]

Am 14.07.2013 18:57, schrieb Joseph Mills:
>
> Yeah that is what I meant swipe is not ideal for desktops or anything
> that uses a mouse. As far as things having labels on them ie phone
> core apps. I don't think that that should matter the programmer should
> have a way to say if desktop use this else do this. It down not matter
> what the platform what matters is it does what the end user wants it
> to do. Not my personal feelings and again they don't matter. But a
> simple thing like
> If (Qt.platform ==== "Linux") do this or some sorta bool option that a
> Dev can use. Maybe a c++ dbus plugin that says what kinda device it
> is. There are many options. The import part of all this IMHO (again
> does not matter) is that nothing gets locked into one thing. What if I
> want to run this on desktop TV toaster oven that is my choice as a end
> user.
>
>
My understanding was that as part of the convergence you can choose your
layout based not only on screen size but also depending on the input
devices available. The toolbar and other SDK components though should
behave differently automatically when there is a mouse available.

martin