Re: GTK+ at the UX Hackfest

[Filippo Argiolas <fargiolas gnome org>]

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote:
> Right, so it's a theming change, and has nothing to do with the widgets
> themselves.
[CUT]
> Again, you made it sound like you wanted a new widget when you actually
> wanted a group of buttons to *look* like they were related.

Right, my fault, reading what I wrote in the first mail I think I
wasn't clear at all. Sorry.

>> > My guess is that you could probably get this widget added to GTK+, as
>> > long as you give a formal explanation as to why you're not using a radio
>> > button for this.
>>
>> Well, the reason is simple, sexiness. Would you really put radio
>> buttons into a toolbar?
>
> "Sexiness" isn't a good enough reason. Why do you use that widget in the
> first place? Why not put radio buttons instead? (And this is a
> rhetorical question for this list, as I mentioned, put this in bugzilla)

Ok, I'll open a bug to track this proposal.

Filippo