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I like the focus on desktop/mobile apps, there already are plenty of "pretty website" aggregators around (see CSSRemix etc.). I also like the selection, most o

by moe 17y ago

I like the focus on desktop/mobile apps, there already are plenty of "pretty website" aggregators around (see CSSRemix etc.). I also like the selection, most of these apps do indeed look awesome. If you know a good-looking win/lin/android program then why not submit it to him?

ugh 17y ago
I honestly don’t know any – that’s why I would like a website focusing on that :)
- leonroy 17y ago
  One springs to mind, Adobe Lightroom (available for Mac as well :)
  - markkanof 17y ago
    Very true. That seems to be the pattern though. The few nice looking applications for Windows are mostly cross platform and have an aesthetic that is unique to that one application. On OS X there are a lot of 3rd party applications that you can describe as feeling like a Mac application. I don't really get that same feeling about anything on Windows.
- markkanof 17y ago
  This really does seem to be a big problem in the Windows world. Apple has a pretty clear design aesthetic for OS X that they carry through to a lot of the applications they write as well. That's given the developer/designer community a great base to start from. A lot of the 3rd party applications are tweaks of the general aesthetic that Apple provides to start with and they end up looking great. I don't mean to imply that the people creating OS X applications aren't talented, but Apple has sure helped them by providing a solid foundation. As a developer I can go into Xcode and put together and easily put together an interface that looks both very modern and well designed (whitespace, colors, etc). Contrast that with Windows (I do most of my coding on Windows) where the application development tools let you easily create what is pretty much a Windows 95 style application. If I want to do something more modern looking, I certainly can, but I will be on my own to basically override existing controls to come up with my own look and feel. Also, I will be creating this look and feel from scratch as Microsoft has provided no starting point. Microsoft theoretically has provided the tools to create great looking resolution independent applications with WPF, but until they start providing some examples of what the Windows aesthetic really is through their own applications, you won't see many great looking applications on Windows.
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  - Groxx 17y ago
    That's one of the first things that surprised me when I started fiddling with OSX programming. Interface Builder is so ridiculously easy to use, an angry monkey could make something that's relatively HID-compliant. The guides are accurate and informative, even the first time you encounter them, and just chucking controls onto a panel with a little organization and letting them fall where they snap will get you 90%+ of the way there. WPF looks interesting, and I like a lot of it, but * ick *, XML. What is it with Microsoft and XML? HAML's popularity should be some hint as to how much people hate HTML, XML is worse.

by moe 17y ago

ugh 17y ago

I honestly don’t know any – that’s why I would like a website focusing on that :)

leonroy 17y ago
One springs to mind, Adobe Lightroom (available for Mac as well :)
- markkanof 17y ago
  Very true. That seems to be the pattern though. The few nice looking applications for Windows are mostly cross platform and have an aesthetic that is unique to that one application. On OS X there are a lot of 3rd party applications that you can describe as feeling like a Mac application. I don't really get that same feeling about anything on Windows.
markkanof 17y ago
This really does seem to be a big problem in the Windows world. Apple has a pretty clear design aesthetic for OS X that they carry through to a lot of the applications they write as well. That's given the developer/designer community a great base to start from. A lot of the 3rd party applications are tweaks of the general aesthetic that Apple provides to start with and they end up looking great. I don't mean to imply that the people creating OS X applications aren't talented, but Apple has sure helped them by providing a solid foundation. As a developer I can go into Xcode and put together and easily put together an interface that looks both very modern and well designed (whitespace, colors, etc). Contrast that with Windows (I do most of my coding on Windows) where the application development tools let you easily create what is pretty much a Windows 95 style application. If I want to do something more modern looking, I certainly can, but I will be on my own to basically override existing controls to come up with my own look and feel. Also, I will be creating this look and feel from scratch as Microsoft has provided no starting point. Microsoft theoretically has provided the tools to create great looking resolution independent applications with WPF, but until they start providing some examples of what the Windows aesthetic really is through their own applications, you won't see many great looking applications on Windows.
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- Groxx 17y ago
  That's one of the first things that surprised me when I started fiddling with OSX programming. Interface Builder is so ridiculously easy to use, an angry monkey could make something that's relatively HID-compliant. The guides are accurate and informative, even the first time you encounter them, and just chucking controls onto a panel with a little organization and letting them fall where they snap will get you 90%+ of the way there. WPF looks interesting, and I like a lot of it, but * ick *, XML. What is it with Microsoft and XML? HAML's popularity should be some hint as to how much people hate HTML, XML is worse.