I am not advocating anything since I only develop one browser GUI for web-based apps myself. However I am stating an opinion that the platforms are diverging at a rate where "in my opinion" (and that is all it is) a cross-development GUI tool will have difficulty in being ideal and/or perfect on every platform. For example, are Apple's Human Interface guidelines identical to Microsoft's, Ubuntu and RHEL? Even at that, we have new form factors and input devices adding further divergence to interface interaction (iPad, touch-pad laptops etc.).
Personally I only need server side java for web-based apps. Ideally I want my development tools to run on Mac because that is my platform of choice. As long as I have a WO-compatible JVM on OS X, and I can run my development tools on OS X, I will, but if the sky fell down tomorrow and I had to use Parallels and a Linux VM to run Eclipse and get my WO-dev job done, I would. Life goes on.... On Oct 22, 2010, at 2:12 AM, Jean Pierre Malrieu wrote: > I cannot believe that a developper advocates doing three times (MacOS, > Windows, Linux) the same boring UI job... > > Le 22 oct. 2010 à 04:37, webobjects-dev-requ...@lists.apple.com a écrit : > >> Cross-platform development GUIs, IMHO, can never offer true fidelity on any >> one platform. They will mostly achieve an inferior subset of functionality >> at best, and possibly only look good on the platform to which they have been >> biased from the start. This is especially true as the gap widens between >> advancing high-tech operating systems such as OS X and >> would-they-ever-give-up-and-go-home-with-their-junk operating systems such >> as Winblows. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/kelleherk%40gmail.com > > This email sent to kelleh...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
