Re: Minimal document-based app
Re: Minimal document-based app
- Subject: Re: Minimal document-based app
- From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 14:38:12 -0700
On May 1, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Wade Tregaskis wrote:
> Actually, there are a lot of commercial developers who hard-code their entire UIs. I'm at something of a loss to see why myself, but they do it, and they swear it's the best way. Ironically, one of the reasons often given is "easier internationalisation" vs xibs.
> Though this does happen more often with iOS than Mac OS, from what I've seen. There may be some paradigms refusing to shift with ex- or co-Android developers. Nonetheless it's demonstrably possible.
I haven’t heard of it with any Mac apps, except for ugly Qt or Java apps.
It’s kind of understandable on iOS because user interfaces tend to be simpler (especially since windows never have to resize) and a lot of apps use custom UI elements instead of sticking with the standard ones.
—Jens
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