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That's the point: we don't want consistent UI If we want native UI, it's obviously going to have major inconsistencies between platforms!
by blasdel 17y ago
That's the point: we don't want consistent UI
If we want native UI, it's obviously going to have major inconsistencies between platforms!
- __david__ 17y agoWell that's not 100% true because the main interface for Firefox on Mac OS X looks more like Safari than it does Firefox on Linux. I think they've actually done a really good job making it look like a native app instead of just a port from some other OS.
- lallysingh 17y agoBut users still pay the runtime startup costs for not using the native libs.
- blasdel 17y agoIt's not about looks, but about behavior. Fun Fact: In Safari since version 3, the <input> elements aren't actually native widgets anymore, as NSButton et. al. couldn't support a bunch of the CSS attributes. They are now rigorous behavior-level reimplementations! A widget that looks native but behaves differently is terrible! At least when it looks alien you don't expect it to behave natively.