At 3/22/2004 01:28 PM, Jason Teagle wrote:

>Doesn't that infer that the person is too tied into one desktop, and needs
>to get used to using more generic features? I know what you mean because I
>still find myself utterly lost trying to do certain things in Java; but it's
>not because Java's bad, it's because I'm too set in my Windows ways, and I
>need to get out of the habit. It's the same reason (presumably) all of us
>develop in MS VC, instead of using cross-platform C++ compilers - we
>sacrifice the cross-platformness in order to use the cool features in
>Windows (or not, lol).
>
>I agree that 'generic' misses some of the lovely features of different
>environments, but that's the price to pay for cross-platformness.

Depends if you want to have good looking apps or not.

Phil Daley          < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley







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