Difference between revisions of "Mac OS X Porting - User Experience"

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Start of the application:  what is needed NOW
 
Start of the application:  what is needed NOW
  
Look and Feel :  Aqua Controls  
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Look and Feel:  Aqua Controls, toolbar blends into the title bar
  
 
Drag and drop  
 
Drag and drop  
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Fonts  
 
Fonts  
  
Native Filepicker
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Native filepicker
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Native color picker
  
 
Native printing  
 
Native printing  

Revision as of 17:59, 24 June 2008

The Mac Way

The Mac way = Apple Human Interface guidelines (HIG) + well thought out user experience

The Reference : Aqua Human Interface Guidelines

[FIXME]To be continued


Draft as starting point :

Apple has no Exit menu

sometimes little things can make a huge difference

However the Windows freestyle combobox has no equivalent on Mac

windows>dialog: Native FilePicker is important (and on the way?)


Start of the application: what is needed NOW

Look and Feel: Aqua Controls, toolbar blends into the title bar

Drag and drop

Fonts

Native filepicker

Native color picker

Native printing

Windows the cursor scrolling behaviour drove me nuts



Mac port Links

This work is part of http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Porting_-_Work_Areas/Todo%27s

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