Re: [Inkscape-devel] Removal of mysterious code

2010/11/8 Krzysztof Kosiński <tweenk.pl@...400...>:

1. We don't have many experienced Windows developers, and tying up

this scarce resource with maintaining what amounts to eye candy doesn't seem to be very wise to me. 2. Creates potential for platform specific bugs, e.g. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/285267

But file dialogs are definitely not where things are happening in Inkscape, so this burden is relatively small. It's not at all like maintaining two renderers :)

3. Having 2 versions of the dialog means that anyone who wants to add

any feature to the dialogs must be proficient both in Windows API and in GTK.

We better avoid adding too much of our stuff to these dialogs anyway. They are traditionally the responsibility of the OS or widget library, not ours. We should strive to keep our contact area with them to the absolute minimum.