[openbeos] Re: Tracker icons

Nathan Whitehorn <nathanw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> >> That's the craziest assertion that you have ever made! Least  
> >> consistant GUI?
> >>
> >
> > Absolutely. Most apps use their own icons. You don't know if it's
> > CTRL or ALT-[key]. No consistency in the preferences
> > dialogs/controls. Then shortcomings regarding user input widgets. 
> > No
> > consistent help system. Often bad or incongruent keyboard control.
> > All that should IMHO be established/determined by the OS, not the
> > application.
> 
> Cntrl or Alt is a system setting. We can't force icons on apps --  
> *no* operating system requires that my new snazzy app use a system  
> icon. That's just silly. If you're claiming that apps use custom  
> icons for system types, that's just wrong. I don't really see the  
> problem with the help system. If you took issue with the utter lack  
> of a help system in almost any app, yes, that's a problem. But  
> "consistency"... I'm not even sure what you mean. And keyboard  
> control is pretty much the same across apps for standard  
> functionality (close, copy, paste, next control, etc.)
> 
Well, I can certainly see a point with having a standard set of icons 
for Save, Load, etc icons in a toolbar, for those apps who want that. 
Also, having some kind of standardized (Interface Guidelines, anyone?) 
menu bar for applications wouldn't be bad, either.

-- Mikael

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