User interfaces
John,
There is a difference between 'standards' and 'laws'. The Macintosh is an
example of 'laws' to an extreme. An interface should be written that best
serves the function of the program, and most importantly the user. A
"Guideline" from the manufacturer stating how they "think" an application
should work under the Amiga OS is useful in the situation where you are
attracting new developers to he platform.
If such a document had existed earlier, perhaps some of the early
productivity packages for the Amiga would have been less "PC like" and
more "Intuitive", if you'll pardon the pun.
I believe Commodore attempted to follow the "guidelines", but I certainly
would not damn them if they violated it for whatever their reason.
Guidelines are not laws John.
To me, especially now, there are much bigger fish to fry. We need a
standard for playing digital video from disk. We need official support
for the ANIM7 IFF file. The list goes on and on.
Besides, the way things are going it is likely that you will be arguing
interface issues with the 3 or so folks that are left. I mourn the loss
of engineering to companies like 3DO (Andy Finkel), Mike Sinz, (SCALA),
Chris Green (Bethesda Softworks),… and several others.
This interface argument is really moot at this point don't you think?
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