[Valentina-studio] GUI issues

[Lynn Fredricks]

> I have not had much to offer on this list, so I have kept 
> quiet. Rob has done a great job providing feedback, but I 
> have to disagree with him on the GUI issues.
> 
> I find that Windows and Mac apps work best for me when the 
> platform GUI guidelines are followed. What makes the Mac 
> platform great for me is the simplicity of the interface and 
> the elegance of the apps. For example, I have many duplicate 
> apps on Windows and Mac platforms (word processor, FTP, news 
> reader, etc.) and the Mac apps for some reason are so much 
> simpler and slicker to use. Other folks probably prefer 
> Windows and that is okay with me. It is nice to have a choice. :-)

Valentina Studio should be mostly consistent across all platforms. You can
make a multi-platform app that's elegant yet powerful with a non-platform
specific toolkit (such as wxWidgets, which is the framework for VS). I do
quite a bit of business in 3D applications, one of which, Vue d'Esprit
(http://www.e-onsoftware.com) has the same interface on both Windows and
MacOS X.

And of course, REALbasic itself does a pretty good job at this, though it
likely supports more Mac OS X conventions.

Best regards,


Lynn Fredricks
President
Proactive International, LLC

http://www.proactive-intl.com