TrollTech Releases Qt 3.0

Dr. Sp0ng writes: "TrollTech released Qt 3.0 today. Among the new features are platform- and database-independent data-access features, data-aware GUI widgets, a much-updated Qt Designer, and much better internationalization and font handling features. It breaks binary compatibility but keeps almost complete source compatibility with Qt 2.x. The KDE team has already begun work on KDE 3.0, which will use the new toolkit."

Comments

Qt improvement BETTER than KDE improvements

[alexhmit01]

KDE is an impressive desktop, it works nicely, and has really grown. I always play with new releases on a Linux box, though my daily desktop in a Win2K laptop. It's fun to watch Linux's desktop grow, but I need too many Win32 only programs. My G4 Cube is fun as well, but I still have the Win32 problems, so the laptop stays.

However, looking at two "market" outcomes: Win32 vs. Cocoa|Carbon vs. Qt/KDE vs. Gtk, OR Win32 vs. Qt, and you clearly see which API system is more likely to allow competition on the desktop.

Java held great promise, but MS has succeeded in killing desktop Java. Without WORA, there is no real advantage to Java (the platform), but Qt has an interesting perspective.

As Qt Designer grows, it can become competitive to Visual Studio. Potentially, Qt becomes the glue that binds everything together.

If you can build a Qt application for Linux/MacOSX/Win32, or a Win32 app for Win32, there is an advantage to make the former. You still need to QA all the platforms that you support, but Qt lets you produce a product for multiple markets.

For a small company, Linux/MacOS provide a niche to target, but adding Win32 really makes this compelling. The windows market is MUCH more competitive, so being apple to primarily target niche markets but still selling to the dominate market is tempting.

Go Trolls go!

Alex

Re:When will TT replace moc with C++ templates?

[fault0]

No you don't.

All the AC posts in this thread are by one person. And they don't know anything about moc in reality.

Re:Bring back QCOM!

[platypus]

How brave of you to critizise Warwick anonymously.

I've known Warwick for a number of years and I'm proud to work with him. He's one of the most brilliant programmers I've ever met. He has made enormous contributions bringing Qt to where it is today.

Warwick didn't write QCom or QTableView.

I probably top the list of Qt programmers whose code has been either rewritten or obsoleted.

Haavard Nord
CEO, Trolltech


wow,

i wish more people had a CEO like you,
this is a very nice gesture.
And I guess you're not an impersonator ;-)

(yeah, moderator) score -1, offtopic