On Nov 1, 2009, at 13:15, Fischlin Andreas wrote: > Sorry, this questions triggers me to ask why Tiger was ditched. I did > not understand that and I am not happy about ditching Tiger, since > most of the machines in my group continue using Tiger. Tiger is the > only OS X that allows to run native Classic, and we still need it for > some of our key modeling and simulation software. Therefore, as > differences between BibDesk 3.22 (last running under Tiger) and the > more recent developments increase, I am bit concerned that there might > come a point where the .bib file format and the functionality of > BibDesk deviate so much, that I can't use the same .bib file under > Tiger and the most recent OS X. Any philosophy on those upward > compatibility issues? Is it really not possible to drag Tiger along? > > Andreas >
As for Tiger support, well, Tiger is legacy. And it's basically impossible to keep supporting more than 2 OS versions, the API starts to deviate too much. For instance, Apple often replaces API in one OS versions and deprecates/removes the old API in the next. We once tried to support 3 OS versions at once and it was a very bad experience that I really, really, don't want to repeat. Moreover, it's impossible to test, because I can't run Tiger anymore (and don't say you or someone may test, that's not sufficient). Moreover, supporting old OS versions with old API basically halts development of new features. In short: it's really practically impossible to support Tiger any longer. Why don't you press the developers of this simulation software to stay up-to-date? They're really very far behind if they're classic. And there is absolutely no relation between OS version and the bibtex format. If we ever will ditch the bibtex format for a native file format, that will be a new app called something like BibDesk 2.0, but that development is basically separate from OS support. Anyway, chances for that are extremely low, as this project is mostly dead and there's nobody around working on it. Christiaan > On 01/Nov/2009, at 11:22 , Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> The style for BibDesk's main window is not really standard, >> especially >> the gradient dividers and the status bar. So now that we've ditched >> Tiger, I wonder whether we should move to a more standard style. Now >> Apple's apps basically have two styles, especially when it comes to >> the status bar: a bottom bar that reflects the title window with a >> dark line on top, like in iTunes, iPhoto, iCal, Address Book, or a >> light gradient like in Mail, Preview 5.0. one advantage of the latter >> is that it can have partial bottom bars, only in the side panel, >> something BibDesk currently can also have. I am not sure what we >> should do: keep our style, or go to either one of the standard >> styles. >> What do others on this list think? >> >> Christiaan >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA >> is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart >> your >> developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and >> stay >> ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-develop mailing list >> Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart > your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and > stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-develop mailing list > Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
