[Gtk-sharp-list] Towards GTK# 3.0

[Stephen Brandt]

Hi Mike, Bertrand,

> ... Most people who are interested in 3.0 seem to be
> wanting to remove a 2.x dependency in existing applications.  I
> haven't heard of anyone clamoring for the new APIs in 3.0, because to
> my (albeit limited) knowledge, there isn't much new capability.
Let me be the first "clamoring" then...
With GTK# 3.0 we will finally get the 2.x improvements we never got 
because GTK# 2.0 was kept stuck at 2.12 APIs. Most notably GtkEntry 
additions [1], a GtkInfobar widget [2] and a GtkSpinner widget [3].
For 3.0 my interest goes to the new style contexts (primary toolbar, 
inline toolbars, joined buttons, etc.) symbolic icons and new widgets 
like GtkSwitch.

Regards,
Stephen


[1] http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.26/#rndevelopers.gtk
[2] http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.28/#rndevelopers.gtk
[3] http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.30/#rndevelopers.gtk