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+# Benefits of ViewsGtk |
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+ * Better code sharing. For example, don't have to duplicate tab layout or bookmark bar layout code. |
+ * Tab Strip |
+ * Drawing |
+ * All the animationy bits |
+ * Subtle click selection behavior (curved corners) |
+ * Drag behavior, including dropping of files onto the URL bar |
+ * Closing behavior |
+ * Bookmarks bar |
+ * drag & drop behavior, including menus |
+ * chevron? |
+ * Easier for folks to work on both platforms without knowing much about the underlying toolkits. |
+ * Don't have to implement ui features twice. |
+ |
+ |
+# Benefits of Gtk |
+ * Dialogs |
+ * Native feel layout |
+ * Font size changes (e.g., changing the system font size will apply to our dialogs) |
+ * Better RTL (e.g., http://crbug.com/2822 http://crbug.com/5729 http://crbug.com/6082 http://crbug.com/6103 http://crbug.com/6125 http://crbug.com/8686 http://crbug.com/8649 ) |
+ * Being able to obey the user's system theme |
+ * Accessibility for buttons and dialogs (but not for tabstrip and bookmarks) |
+ * A better change at good remote X performance? |
+ * We still would currently need Pango / Cairo for text layout, so it will be more efficient to just draw that during the Gtk pipeline instead of with Skia. |
+ * Gtk widgets will automatically "feel and behave" like Linux. The behavior of our own Views system does not necessarily feel right on Linux. |
+ * People working on Windows features don't need to worry about breaking the Linux build. |