On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:04:11PM +0200, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> It would be nice if what you said was documented on the Lazarus wiki
> though (if it's not already there). It might be handy for other
> users.
Agree. It was a nice post.
> > One thing keeps coming up in usability studies - every app on the user's
> > desktop should behave the same to the largest possible extent. So the
> > user does not need to learn how to navigate 20 types of file open
>
> fpGUI's designs like the File Open dialog are based on Windows look,
> so any user should be able to use it. The Font dialog (not used much
> in general apps) have a slightly different look, but that's because it
> has some unique features. Still very simple to use.
>
> Oh, fpGUI's Buttons work similar to Windows to.... point and click. ;-)
It's more than look and basic behaviour:
- keyboard handling
- disability support
- internationalisation support
- behaviour when scaling
- following future extensions a bit. (See e.g. the site how to update Delphi
apps to
vista look. A overrides pertaining font changes here and there, a property
there, and done. Try that with a widget set that paints itself)
etc etc
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