Mac OS X Porting - User Experience
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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