I do not know papers but if what you write is true then Apple would have placed looks before content. Also, when thinking what Simon wrote about Paper's BibTex capabilities it seems almost embarrassing to promote that application with "much better BibTex support". I hope that BibDesk keeps going primarily for improvement of the content and not for enhancing the appearance. I do not dislike the looks anyways. A shame, you guys did not make it.
A. Am 13.06.2007 um 19:15 schrieb P Kishor: > 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > ============================================= please avoid sending me word attachements; see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html for details and background ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
