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Apple Explains Interface Differences

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-my-interface-is-more-good dept.

WCityMike writes "This switch document for developers details the interface differences between Microsoft Windows and the Aqua interface used in Mac OS X. Written on a layman's level, it actually makes for pretty interesting reading!"

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  1. Reading in the mirror. by red_gnom · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    If only someone could make reversed fonts.

  2. Ninth Point by unsinged+int · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Numbered lists on web pages should be written using the
      ordered list tag.
  3. Re:Girl power! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nothing bothers me more than the corruption of the english language at the hands of political correctness.

    English doesn't really have a way to make a gender-neutral reference to an unspecified person. In the absence of this, the established format is to use the male pronoun. It's not a political issue, it's the way in which the language has evolved. That's the key: it has evolved; it wasn't consciously shaped by political interests.

    It's not proper to use "she" in this context. Chairperson, spokesperson, and the like are not correct either. They are awkward and unnatural words that have been created by politics, and have no place in the speech of properly educated people.

    Even worse is when people use "s/he" or some other such construct.

    [I don't feel like burning karma because people disagree with me, so I'm posting anonymously.]

  4. All your typo are belong to us by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    From the article:

    Avoid directly transferring your application and document, palette, and toolbar icons to your Mac OS X application. Such icons are inconsistent with the high-quality appearance of icons in Mac OS X; users will consider you application to be unprofessional or unfinished. Design carefully and take pride in your application's icons: In Mac OS X, icons are a critical part of your application's brand.

    Someone should tell apple that when you insert "you" instead of "your" in a document, it appears to be unprofessional or unfinished.

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  5. Rather be stuck with MS Windows than Mac hardware by stuartkahler · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Why doesn't apple seem to understand what it will take to be a real player? They have the best OS, but their hardware is limited and grossly overpriced. After 20 years, they should realize that a great OS will only sell if it can be installed on the hardware of the user's choice. They would crush Microsoft within 5 years if they would port Mac OSX to Intel/AMD based hardware, sell copies of the OS at $50/ea, and help get software designers to include binaries for both OSes in every box they sell.
    Apple is killing themselves by getting entrenched in the hardware side of the market when they should be focused on putting high markup CDroms onto store shelves. Steve Jobs' goal should be to see every x86 based PC sold 'naked', and for people to purchase the OS of their choice to install on it. Apple can go on selling upscale PCs with built in flat screens and dual-processors to yuppies and professionals with 'special needs', but most people just need a cheap PC that is easy to get online with and type papers.
    Apple needs a clue.