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Is there something in particular that annoys you about Qt interfaces? I'm just launching a Qt app (https://fman.io https://fman.io) and want to avoid any unnece

Is there something in particular that annoys you about Qt interfaces? I'm just launching a Qt app (https://fman.io https://fman.io) and want to avoid any unnecessary annoyances.

blub 11y ago
It's expected to have rubber band scrolling on OS X and as far as I've seen it's not easy to do it in widget-based apps.
- mherrmann 11y ago
  I'll watch out for it. Thanks!
bjz_ 11y ago
Weird widgets that you don't normally see Cocoa OSX apps, like toolbars or non-standard file pickers. The worst offenders are those tabbed form widgets with the pill buttons: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwidgets-index.html#styles http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwidgets-index.html#styles
- mherrmann 11y ago
  I'll keep it in mind. Thanks!
coldtea 11y ago
I can't tell from this particular screenshot, but things I've seen in other QT apps: widgets don't conform to all OS X standard behaviors (e.g. accepting keyboard shortcuts, scrolling behavior like "rubber band scrolling" etc), custom (Qt drawn) widgets with differing look from platform ones throwing you off, lack of support for new features as they are introduced, like OS X native full screen, etc. I'd say keyboard shortcuts and native widget behavior is the #1 thing though, followed by looks. >Of course there are alternative file managers for other platforms. But none of them make you really go wow. Btw, there are a couple for Mac too, in case you haven't seen them, e.g.: http://www.binarynights.com/forklift/ http://www.binarynights.com/forklift/ , http://mac.eltima.com/file-manager.html http://mac.eltima.com/file-manager.html and http://www.cocoatech.com/pathfinder/ http://www.cocoatech.com/pathfinder/.
- mherrmann 11y ago
  Thanks for your reply. I've taken down all the points you mentioned and will keep an eye on them during development. I know all the file managers you mentioned (my market research turned up 91 file managers available globally). I believe my point "don't really make you go wow" still applies. Thanks again! M

Is there something in particular that annoys you about Qt interfaces? I'm just launching a Qt app (https://fman.io https://fman.io) and want to avoid any unnecessary annoyances.

blub 11y ago

It's expected to have rubber band scrolling on OS X and as far as I've seen it's not easy to do it in widget-based apps.

mherrmann 11y ago
I'll watch out for it. Thanks!

bjz_ 11y ago

Weird widgets that you don't normally see Cocoa OSX apps, like toolbars or non-standard file pickers. The worst offenders are those tabbed form widgets with the pill buttons: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwidgets-index.html#styles http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwidgets-index.html#styles

mherrmann 11y ago
I'll keep it in mind. Thanks!

coldtea 11y ago

I can't tell from this particular screenshot, but things I've seen in other QT apps: widgets don't conform to all OS X standard behaviors (e.g. accepting keyboard shortcuts, scrolling behavior like "rubber band scrolling" etc), custom (Qt drawn) widgets with differing look from platform ones throwing you off, lack of support for new features as they are introduced, like OS X native full screen, etc. I'd say keyboard shortcuts and native widget behavior is the #1 thing though, followed by looks. >Of course there are alternative file managers for other platforms. But none of them make you really go wow. Btw, there are a couple for Mac too, in case you haven't seen them, e.g.: http://www.binarynights.com/forklift/ http://www.binarynights.com/forklift/ , http://mac.eltima.com/file-manager.html http://mac.eltima.com/file-manager.html and http://www.cocoatech.com/pathfinder/ http://www.cocoatech.com/pathfinder/.

mherrmann 11y ago
Thanks for your reply. I've taken down all the points you mentioned and will keep an eye on them during development. I know all the file managers you mentioned (my market research turned up 91 file managers available globally). I believe my point "don't really make you go wow" still applies. Thanks again! M