[Bug 830901] Re: [FFE] Switch default UI from gtk2 to gtk3

[Martin Pitt]

This is by and large a completely new UI, and thus a very large change.
Do you have an idea how many people have tested the GTK3 version so far?
Does it have feature parity with the current one?

Asked the other way around, how much attention does the GTK2 UI still
actually get? In particular, are any of the developers still testing it
with the current pygobject in oneiric? (Cf. bug 829186 and bug 828751).

What about this large and animated banner, I thought it was just a demo?
It does not look very professional, takes away a lot of screen space,
and draws away attention due to it being animated.

It also still has some UI deficiencies like the toolbar looking really
buggy in a light theme like Radiance, but as we are still before beta I
wouldn't consider these small issues a blocker.

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Title:
  [FFE] Switch default UI from gtk2 to gtk3

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This is a request to change the default UI of software-center from
  gtk2 to gtk3.

  The gtk3 version is part of the software-center package since version
  4.1.12 and people can (and do) launch it via the software-center-gtk3
  commandline switch. I want to make it default in the desktop file now
  as well.

  Technically all the features are already in oneiric and its "just" a UI change, but because its a pretty visible change 
  I still wanted to ensure that this is approved by the release team and on the radar.

  Thanks!
   Michael

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