Xref: utzoo comp.windows.misc:1777 comp.windows.x:32135 comp.sys.mac.misc:8029 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!think.com!spool.mu.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!uunet!crdgw1!barnett From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.windows.x,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Mac vs. XView Message-ID: Date: 31 Jan 91 21:34:28 GMT References: <981@borg.cs.unc.edu> <36715@netnews.upenn.edu> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.ge.com Followup-To: comp.windows.misc Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 38 In-reply-to: claytor@tandem.physics.upenn.edu's message of 31 Jan 91 20:19:14 GMT In article <36715@netnews.upenn.edu> claytor@tandem.physics.upenn.edu (Nelson Claytor) writes: > OK, now let's try it with MacApp. Okay, and while we are at it, try DevGuide, IBuild, TAE+, or any of a dozen other UI builders for X. I would be interested in anyone comparing these with MacApp. > My observation on the subject would be that I have yet to see an X program > with an interface anywhere near as nice as the typical Mac application's, I can give you a list of 100 things wrong the the Mac interface. :-) But let's save that for talk.religion.user-interfaces. > The object oriented approach described in the original message has been > implemented in the forms of both MacApp and the THINK class library. No > one *has to* know every last toolbox detail any more, or even how to do > scrolling. Remember - I was answering John Lusk's specific question. How many books does a beginner need to do serious programming with MacApp? I assume you are saying Inside Mac Vol 1-5 aren't needed? Hmm. I have a MacApp book in front of me. In fact, I have a whole shelf from the E. T. O. CD-ROM. I'm not to sure which of the 6 3-inch Binders I have to read first. Are you sure this stuff is simple? :-) :-) -- Bruce G. Barnett barnett@crd.ge.com uunet!crdgw1!barnett