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