On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 17:18:28, Jerry <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 9 Nov 2005, at 17:03, John Stiles wrote:
>
>> Please, no more new window styles! :) :) It's getting to the point
>> where every app I run has funky windows that look radically
>> different from everything else.
>> This technique also has another issue--developers eager to mimic
>> Apple's latest creation often "roll their own" copies of the latest
>> look, and do a poor job of it... making the platform ever so
>> slightly more like Windows, where every major app has its own
>> shinier, subtly-different version of the entire Win32 control suite.
>
> Absolutely. We've got ordinary windows, metal windows, even wooden
> windows for GarageBand. We've got Mail, iTunes, iWork which all have
> different styles. We've got a dozen different toolbar styles. We've
> got Safari and its metal tabs. We've got the "pro" apps like Final
> Cut Pro with their own complete set of new shiny controls. Carbon and
> Cocoa have subtly different appearances. Java/Swing is different
> again. (and, of course, every scanner and printer manufacturer has
> buttons which look they were designed by Fisher Price, but let's not
> go there). The Mac used to have the great advantage of a consistent
> user experience, but this is being eroded from every direction, not
> least Apple's.
Agree. Plus, IMHO, we just need Themes back, then we'd able to
make *all* the windows metal or wood or whatever we'd like them
to be.
Mike
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