Re: [boost] Re: [gui] On Native Controls

From: Martin Slater (mslater_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-26 00:19:17

Seconded, I dislike immensely UI's that do not have a native look. In 
the end they just look unprofessional to me. The're fine for hacking 
quick tools together but if the product is intented to be released to 
the wider public they must look and feel like the native OS apps.

my 2c

martin

michael toksvig wrote:

>"Alan Gutierrez" <alan-boost_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
>news:20041224075257.GB9515_at_maribor.izzy.net...
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>>  * 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.
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>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
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>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
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>regards,
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>/michael toksvig
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