Suman Cherukuri wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Stefan Seefeld Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:41 PM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] Reason for Java's Success
Suman Cherukuri wrote:
IMHO, when talking about UI, we should consider Windows UI. Majority of
the
UI users are used to Windows look and feel and providing something like
it
would definitely appeal to most of the UI developers, including myself.
Java AWT and Swing are not good examples to consider for UI design. Sun made a deliberate effort not follow the standards set by Microsoft and
they
haven't done a good job in providing an alternative.
Then let's go down that route all the way and use MFC, too ! (speaking of 'following the standards set by Microsoft'...)
Resistance is futile...
Sarcastically your's
Stefan
PS: Sorry, couldn't resist.
No offence taken. Whether we like it or not, it's the reality that the majority of the UI users are comfortable with the existing "standards". One can be bold and come up with a whole new design, but as a commercial developer, I'd be really hesitant to change the face of my software just because it's new (and may be better).
This is total nonsense. Even MS switched the L&F when it switched from Win3.x to Win95/98 to WinXP. No one complains. Are you saying that *only* MS has the right to change L&F? Or to be more general, is it the sole right of OS vendors to dictate the L&F? Cheers, -- Joel de Guzman http://www.boost-consulting.com http://spirit.sf.net