23 May
2005
23 May
'05
9:23 a.m.
On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 11:13:14AM +0300, Mikko Tikkanen wrote:
If it does look like Windows regular users will expect
it to work like
Windows (hence they can immediately start using it) and they will most
likely will expect to run the same software because it looks and feels
like Windows.
hmm.. sounds like the reasons against swing in java-land. just that
it's
mostly developers whining and users using.
with a clone project, users and devs will whine - some because it's just 99%
the original, others because it doesn't improve on its blueprint.
one size fits all won't work.
If you aim for "100% compatible behaviour", forget it.
99% (and risking irritiations with users, because it _does_ behave different)
are possible, a "different but similar" approach is also possible and can be
okay
with users (depending on how different it is, of course)
example to support the last one: the complete microsoft suite of applications.
how many different toolkits do they use? what about color schemes? SDI vs. MDI?
they're not very consistent, but the only ones I've seen complain about it are
product reviewers.
patrick mauritz