Pity we didn't win, congrats to Papers. I've never tried it myself, so I couldn't compare.
It would be nice to have nicer UI and icons for Bibdesk. But none of the present developers is very skilled in creating icons. We're more practically oriented people, who are more interested in using it. And buying icons is expensive, especially for a free app like BibDesk (unlike Papers). But if people would like to help out making BibDesk a better looking app, they're of course very welcome to join the team! Christiaan On 13 Jun 2007, at 7:15 PM, P Kishor wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Just 20 seconds before I got your email, I got done checking the > awards page, and saw Papers on that (congratulations to them). > > I haven't tried Papers recently, but I did try it a while back. It was > very buggy, but it was well designed. > > I believe BibDesk is a more robust and capable product, but my sense > is that the Apple Design Awards place quite a bit of weight on > aesthetics and looks, and not just on capabilities. > > I am not going to shoot down Papers for its capabilities because I > don't know where it stands right now, but it was a good looking app. > If they have improved its capabilities, they have made a fine app. > > BibDesk is a damn fine product for its capabilities, but IMO, it could > be improved greatly in the direction of the kind of aesthetics that > modern Cocoa products have come to embrace -- see Coda, Delicious > Library, CSSEdit, etc. These folks have spent a huge amount of effort > on the icons and art work. This is where BibDesk could improve. > Unfortunately, while I can appreciate good art, I am unable to create > it. If some of our users are inclined that way, and want to help out, > it would be great. Or, perhaps some designer like Jon Hicks > (hicksdesign.com) who supports open source might want to help out. > > In the meantime, I continue to use BibDesk as my one and only bib > solution. > > On 6/13/07, Michael McCracken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, we submitted BibDesk for an apple design award this year, and >> since I didn't make >> it to WWDC to hear in person, I just found out this morning that we >> didn't win it. >> (Although I understand they tell you ahead of time if you win) >> >> The category we entered was "best mac os x scientific computing >> product" and >> Papers from mekentosj.com won in that category. >> >> It's strange because I thought it was a weird category for a >> bibliographic app, >> but I guess at least this meant I picked that right. >> >> Cheers, >> -mike >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >> > > > -- > Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ > Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ > Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/education/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > collaborate, communicate, compete > ===================================================================== > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
