Re: GTK+ at the UX Hackfest

[Filippo Argiolas <fargiolas gnome org>]

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Filippo Argiolas <fargiolas gnome org> wrote:
> 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.

Bug filed: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611695