[boost] Re: [gui] On Native Controls

From: michael toksvig (michaeltoksvig_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-25 23:04:21

"Alan Gutierrez" <alan-boost_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:20041224075257.GB9515_at_maribor.izzy.net...
>   * I don't think it matters much, to the user, if the button they
>     click is a Motif button or an Aqua button, so long as their form
>     is processed.
this is simply not true for the mac. if you don't use native controls on a
mac you might as well not support the mac at all

mac users have come to expect a very consistent ui experience (spoiled
rotten as they are). if it does not look right, they won't look twice at
your product

regards,

/michael toksvig