On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:37, kbostroem <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I suspect it's because there is a system-wide setting, and that if people >> were to change this just for BD, it would conflict with that setting. >> > I have the system-wide default set to Preview.app and in BibDesk to > Skim.app. It works as expected. No conflict. >
For a user that didn't know you had set it this way, there would be. Expecting Preview if coming from finder, but getting Skim in BD, an element of chaos wd be introduced into user experience. Same if vice-versa. Compare with a simple window manager such as fluxbox or the default X manager on OSX. Each app has a different architecture; the user knows that each provides a different experience. It's known that one has to look for this. The manager just keeps the windows organized and accessible. Unlike this the Mac OS is integrated, each app conforming to certain system wide behaviors. The further an app deviates, the less smooth the experience. A developer must take it as a principle not to permit his or her app to behave too much differently from the system. Certainly, if each app differed, even a little, the general coherence of the user experience wouldn't be there. In the end it is going to be the app that gets blamed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
