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On 2010-10-22, at 7:29 AM, Kieran Kelleher wrote: > 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/dleber_wodev%40codeferous.com > > This email sent to dleber_wo...@codeferous.com ;david -- David LeBer Codeferous Software 'co-def-er-ous' adj. Literally 'code-bearing' site: http://codeferous.com blog: http://davidleber.net profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidleber twitter: http://twitter.com/rebeld -- Toronto Area Cocoa / WebObjects developers group: http://tacow.org _______________________________________________ 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
