On 31.05.06 20:23 Uhr, "Sciss" at <email@hidden> wrote:
> hmmm, that looks very good. unfortunately i want to stay platform
> independant ;-( as i understand, quaqua will only work on mac os x ?
Please understand, that there is currently no other platform than Mac OS X
that supports the notion of floating palettes.
For example, on Windows, floating palettes would look very much out of
place. Also, they would be hard to use; on Windows. e.g. every framed window
is put into the task bar at the bottom of the screen. Mac OS X only puts the
minimized application windows in the task bar.
About platform independence of the Quaqua look and feel:
- Technically, the Quaqua look and feel is implemented in a platform
independent way.
- Legally, the artwork used by Quaqua is copyright by Apple Computers. And
Apple is not known to have licensed this artwork to other platforms than Mac
OS X.
- And in terms of functionality. Some features that the Quaqua look and feel
provides just don't make sense on other platforms.
e.g. resolving a Mac OS X alias does not make sense on Windows, because thee
are no such aliases.
After all, the purpose of Quaqua is a native platform integration.
Please notice, that there are other look and feels that are not platform
independent. The most notable is probably the Windows look and feel which is
part of the J2SE JVM's provided by Sun.
Anyway. I personally do not like to be bound to a specific platform either.
So, I am trying to keep this spirit with the Quaqua look and feel as well.
For example, the JSheet functionality in the Quaqua look and feel nicely
degrades to document modal dialogs on other operating systems.
With kind regards,
Werner Randelshofer
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