Is the problem Micro$oft or its customers?

[Richard Gaskin]

Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:

 > On Dec 22, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
 >
 >> I've been updating WebMerge to take advantage of Rev 2.5's improved
 >> support for native XP appearances -- so far not bad:
 >> <http://www.fourthworld.com/wincolors.jpg>
 >>
 >> As you can see in that image, WebMerge's background color is the same
 >> as XP's background for the Display control panel and other UIs where a
 >> tab control is behind most of the other controls.
 >>
 >> While it looks OK to me, my beta testing customers have submitted
 >> reports saying the UI is "too light"; the previous version of WM used
 >> the Win95 appearance with its dark, dank gray.
...
 >> So do I conform to Micro$oft and face the wrath of customers, or
 >> conform to the customers and face the wrath of reviewers?
 >
 > Why not do both?  By default use the M$-specified colors,  but provide
 > an option for users to specify the color they want, overriding the
 > specs provided by Microsoft?
 >
 > That should keep both groups reasonably happy.

Of course! Brilliant and simple.

Thanks.

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