[Dev] User interface

[Nimret Sandhu]

ok .. i think this thread has gone on long enuf. pls refer to my earlier 
proposal about implementing a soap based data model and different 
views/controllers in different languages ( as long as they support soap).

that should make all camps happy +)

chow ~
nimret

On Saturday 26 October 2002 03:15 pm, you wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 13:30, John Anderson wrote:
> > Michael R. Bernstein wrote:
> > >The main difference between XUL and wxWindows is that a XUL app will
> > >look exactly the same on every platform, whereas wxWindows uses the
> > >native widgets on each platform.
> > >
> > >Depending on the scenario, this is either good or bad.
> > >
> > >If you'd like to switch your users to a different OS Platform XUL makes
> > >that easier, because the app will still look familiar.
> > >
> > >If you want the app to look familiar to users on their current platform,
> > >wxWindows is better.
> >
> > We are trying to make our application use native widgits and behaviors
> >  whereever possible. We're doing this because we believe most customers
> > are used to the look and feel of the platform they use and don't switch
> > platforms often.
>
> What about appealing to multi-platform users, such as myself (various
> flavors of Windows and Linux)? One of the reasons that Mozilla is my
> primary browser on both platforms is that it looks and works the same in
> both environments, and I do a lot of my development work (for Zope)
> through the browser. If/when I get myself an iBook, I'll probably use
> Mozilla there too, for that same reason.
>
> Presumably, multi-platform users are in the minority? I haven't seen any
> good statistics on this.
>
> Michael Bernstein.
>
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