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Whitepaper On GTK+ For Linux Framebuffer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the isn't-that-special dept.

yuggoth writes: "LinuxDevices.com features a whitepaper about the upcoming GTK+2.0 support for the Linux framebuffer, which was mentioned on /. some weeks ago. Thewhitepaper describes architecture, benefits and limitations of GtkFB and also compares GtkFB with X based GTK+." Only one word for this: Sweet!

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  1. Instead of focusing on these features, GTK by Bob+Dobbz · · Score: 5

    developers should instead look into some of the problems the toolkit is currently facing.
    One of the biggest problems is lack of "accessibility" features. Just try using any GTK app without using a mouse. Impossible, most of the time. Implementing accessibility features (menu shortcut keys, etc) is placed on the programmer, instead on the toolkit designers. There are numerous bugs and misfeatures when it comes to accessibility features in GTK.
    One perfect example of this is "The Gimp" program, which cannot be operated from keyboard at all. None of the menus have "hotkeys", there is no keyboard shortcut to bring up "the menu", and once the menu is up, it's impossible to navigate it except using cursor keys, which is much slower than if all the menus had hotkeys assigned.