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Re: What does making an application mac like mean ?


On Apr 30, 2008, at 7:19 AM, Ken Orr wrote:

It is definitely possible to create native looking apps in Swing (check out
this demo I app I wrote
http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/simply-sweet-apps-with-glaze
d-lists-ts-6047/ ), it just takes a lot of tweaking.

To me being a Mac app goes way beyond visuals. I don't consider Firefox a Mac app (I need to try the Cocoa builds still but love Safari so haven't bothered yet). Here's why:

- Ignores global system keystroke settings. When I'm in an edit field on a web page I expect ctrl-e to take me to the end.
- Doesn't use the system Dictionary. I put in custom words for our company and industry. I don't want to do it in two places.
- Passwords. If an app stores a  password on my Mac I expect it to use the keychain. I actively use 4 macs and expect them all to be synced password wise through .mac. 

Firefox and other almost mac apps have Masahiro Mori's 'uncanny valley' affect on me and I get repulsed. However, I'm probably far from the average user (just odd, not a better).
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