Anyone who has been developing Apple/Mac software for more than a few years can attest that Apple occasionally changes the way that some UI elements look, in some ways very subtle and in other ways major, and relying upon a current side-effect of one UI element to look like another element can cause problems for your users if such a change happens. If you choose to use a well-defined option, such as that available in BWToolkit, you and your users would be far less surprised than if a textured button suddenly showed up with a radial gradient rather than the linear gradient you are expecting today.
On 01/12/2009 1:27 PM, "Dave DeLong" <[email protected]> wrote: > While my answer may be "best", now that I know what you're planning to > do with it, I would still suggest that you use something like > Brandon's BWToolkit. Your phobia of third-party controls will just > make life difficult for you. For example: you just spent 10 hours > trying to replicate a gradient bar, when you could've spent 20 minutes > downloading Brandon's toolkit, installing it, restarting IB, then > dragging and dropping in a gradient toolbar yourself, and it would've > behaved in exactly the same way with no measurable difference in > performance. > > Dave > > On Jan 12, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Donnie Lee wrote: > >> No, Michael, that was a simple technical question. Dave's answer was >> the best. He even helped me with focus workarounds. Some people told >> me something like "Don't do it because I don't like that you do it. >> Your app will always suck...etc.etc." -- that absolutely don't disturb >> me, that are their personal problems. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
