Re: Tomboy in 2.16

[Nate Nielsen <nielsen-list memberwebs com>]

Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> So I'm seeing that everybody is up for Tomboy as part of the desktop.
> Yes?
> 

I use Tomboy. However I think that Tomboy is missing several things I've
come to expect in modern GNOME apps.

As a developer I can put up with certain deficiencies, but these will be
more frustrating to users:

 * Doesn't respect keyboard layouts. In particular
   Tomboy is almost useless those who type with a dvorak
   keyboard layout, and I'd imagine other locale's layouts
   have problems too [1].

 * Doesn't use the new file chooser [2].

 * All sorts of strange copy and paste behavior, usually when
   related to links. Sometimes I feel like I'm fighting
   Tomboy, and struggling to keep my note sane.
   Some examples: [3] [4]

 * Takes a really long time to start up. 8 seconds for me.

IMO Tomboy would need a good deal of attention and polish before
released as part of GNOME.

Obviously these things could be fixed after it was marked for inclusion.
However, in the past this would mean that the maintainer was asked to
polish/complete and propose it again for the next release.

Cheers,
Nate


[1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171075
[2] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336507
[3] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330965
[4] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330964