Re: Tomboy in 2.16

[Alex Graveley <alex beatniksoftware com>]

Hi,

1) This bug could probably use some feedback from you, if you are still 
seeing it in the newest version.

2) This is an artifact of depending on Gtk# 1.  Work to remove this 
dependency and switch to Gtk# 2 is underway on the tomboy-0-4 CVS 
branch, the next major release branch.  Please give it a try.

3) The evolution mail linking plugin introduced in the latest release is 
quite buggy, it was included to get some exposure and testing.

4) Can you provide some startup timing information so we can figure out 
where this time is spent?

Thanks,
-Alex

Nate Nielsen wrote:
> 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