On 10/11/02 11:01 AM, Rob Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> For me, (and recall I'm not a professional developer), there is a >> difference between apps that all look identical (which is what everything >> done in VB tends to be) and apps which merely leverage a >> previously-learned UI, consistent adherence to which is often touted as a >> learning advantage. > > Judy, et al: > > That seems to be part of Apple's marketing hype since the first > release of Mac OS. And, frankly, there might have been good reason > for it initially: the mouse & pull-down-&-select were new to the > industry, so guidelines on how to use them helped show the way. > > But when it gets to the point that reviewers ding Revolution (or any > other application) because Quit is under the File menu (where it was > "supposed" to be in OS 9) instead of the Applications menu (which > Apple has now decreed as the place Quit is "supposed" to be), it > reaches a level of pedantic absurdity.
I understand that people agree with you, but I find non-conforming UI to be somewhat jarring when I encounter it. That sometimes includes Cocoa apps, because Carbon apps are more "Mac like" to me, see the difference between apps created using either API regarding text clipping and proxy icon behaviors. I think that non-standard UI sometimes makes sense--Games, truly unique apps such as Bryce and others of that ilk. The easier a new user can understand what is where in your app, the better off they (and by extension you) will be. This is where the Mac shines versus Windows, in my opinion. -- Lorin Rivers mailto:lrivers@;realsoftware.com Vice President of Marketing 512.328.REAL (7325) x712 v REAL Software 512.328.7372 f 1705 South Capital of Texas Hwy. http://www.realsoftware.com Suite 310 REALbasic: the powerful, easy-to-use Austin, Texas 78746 tool for creating your own software for Macintosh, Mac OS X, and Windows. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
