Why is Konfabulator "Pretty?"

[Thomas McGrath III]

Bill,

I use OSX all of the time and also see the look and feel correctly. I  
just bought a Sony Laptop and hooked up a 20" monitor side by side  
with my 23" Apple cinema display. I am using XP pro and Office 2003.

I am noticing just how far windows has come in look and feel. I am  
just getting used to (again) to the HIG of XP.

I am curious as to how consistent this look is? When I change the  
Appearance and Themes from Windows XP [Modified] to Windows XP the  
entire look and feel changes. Let alone to Classic or a downloaded one.

I also notice that the text in menus and buttons has many choices  
including transition effects and shadows etc.

I guess what I am asking is with all of these possible choices and  
combinations, how do I or how is Rev supposed to handle all of those  
changes. (not a complaint but instead an understanding is needed)

I mean XP [Modified] I guess by Sony is nice to look at but regular  
XP is quite ugly to me. Who do I target? Who do I create my look and  
feel towards? I usually write my own menus and buttons and look and  
feel bypassing the system defaults but what do I do when I need to do  
a traditional type application (in the context of this discussion).

Curious about your insights,

Tom

On Dec 7, 2005, at 6:10 AM, Bill Marriott wrote:

>> I don't have a Macintosh so I can't say -- do you get "gel"  
>> buttons? Are
>> "tabbed controls" presented the way they are on built-for-OS X apps?
>
> I looked up the video tutorials for Rev on a Mac screen, and I'm  
> happy to
> see these *are* implemented the Mac OS X way. Excellent.
>
> Bill
>