Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!decwrl!deccrl!bloom-beacon!eru!kth.se!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr!steveh From: steveh@tharr.UUCP (Steve Hamley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Standardized GEM look and feel Message-ID: <1992@tharr.UUCP> Date: 29 Mar 91 13:50:55 GMT References: <1991Mar21.100227.13538@convex.com> <2232@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> Reply-To: steveh@tharr.UUCP (Steve Hamley) Distribution: comp Organization: Power Microsystems Ltd Lines: 23 In article mathew@mantis.co.uk writes: >In <1991Mar21.100227.13538@convex.com>, William Rosencranz writes: >> there is no real GUI standard like there is in >>the mac world or even the PC/windows world, i suppose. there is no what >>i would consider "look and feel" standard for gem applications, IMHO. > >There are Look and Feel guidelines in the standard GEM Programmer's >Reference Manuals from Digital Research. > >What do you expect? Look-and-feel Police to strap you down and force you >to RTFM? Unfortunately the guidelines aren't as far reaching as those of Apple's in their Inside... series. (If you want to write a good GEM application, get yourself a copy of them and adapt their rules to GEM. Look and feel police wouldn't be such a bad idea either. An accreditation scheme for software that 'This product has been certified user friendly and conforms to Atari guidelines' perhaps? Unfortunately, I think GEM has wandered off on its own for a bit too long... Steve.