Chipp, It's not the differences in GUIs and HIGs that the problem. It's the problem of having two different sets of skins on XP (w2k and xp buttons) or in the case of skinned buttons, where on OSX these just do not port...
After that, the next big problem facing rev developpers is HTML handling in rev fields. They do not import it correctly nor do they export correctly. And there's absolutely not support for html layout images wise, per-line alignments etc... There's solutions like altbrowser and DiscreteBrowser which do a far better job displaying or transfering styles and tables corectly in the rev fields but not without considerable effort from the developpers. This is the big show stopper in my point of view towards smooth transitions across platforms. The reason? Dependencies on the old Mac OS toolbox display! If we had a mozilla engine built in Rev, this would have been a lot different from the start and would have been FAR more compatible across OS' for the users (fields and controls and html and css etc... included)... The question is how much longuer must we wait for a real layer of cross-platform gui objects that will respect today's standards... Something which i tried to tell Kevin Miller and which usually got dismissed... I knew the issue would come back with a revenge as more windows users join the rev crowd.... Today, i dont see many windows users adopting Rev at all! Most are still HC and Mac users... Am i wrong? cheers Xavier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/12/2005 09:34:46: > MisterX wrote: > > > Just my 2 cents after lots of aggravation trying to get this far with > > skins and porting "graphical" applications from W2K to XP to OSX... It's > > definitely not as simple or smooth as Chipp says > > IMOHO - no offence Chipp... > > X, > > No offense taken. For those who are HIG sticklers, you are correct. But > remember the reason for the HIG (Human Interface Guidelines _not_ > laws!). They were first brought about by Apple and were extremely > important as programmers at that time knew nothing about programming > GUIs. The HIG's where great so that programmers had an idea of where to > start and what was good programming. > > Well along came Win95 with a new 'set' of HIG's which weren't exactly > like Apple's. So now users had to understand a bit of a different way, > as did programmers. But no worries as things were *mostly* the same. > > Then came the internet and multimedia (including HyperCard) and out the > window went the HIGs. Now buttons could just be underlined text, and new > modal interfaces were created by programs like HyperCard and others. > But, funny thing is, users still figured it out! Amazing those users:-) > > Now, many cross platform developers use their own GUI's and don't even > bother with the ever changing states of Apple's or Windows (I forget, is > brushed metal still 'in' or is it the new softer gray interface now?). > > For some examples of 'non complying GUI's' which are cross-platform > check out: > > http://www.luxology.com/modo/ergonomics.aspx > http://www.e-onsoftware.com/products/vue/vue_5_infinite/ > http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/new/demos.shtml > http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html > > Some go farther than others, but all are essentially the same experience > on both Macs and PC's. So you can see, even some of the 'big guys' > aren't hung up on full HIG compliance. > > best, > > Chipp > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ----------------------------------------- To make communications with Clearstream easier, Clearstream has recently changed the email address format to conform with industry standards. The new format is '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Visit us at http://www.clearstream.com IMPORTANT MESSAGE Internet communications are not secure and therefore Clearstream International does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Clearstream International or of any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. END OF DISCLAIMER _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
