scott escreveu:
>>> Really, I wish MS would ban software that doesn't at least use the 
>>> standard font, menus, toolbars, dialogs etc.
>>
>> Emacs and vi were around long before Microsoft began selling DOS.  
>> Their standards are as valid in their context as Microsoft's in their 
>> products.
> 
> Sure, but if you write or port a program to run under windows it should 
> follow at least some basic style guidelines.  IIRC they are on the MS 
> website somewhere under their "logo program".  It makes life easier for 
> everyone using that OS, rather than ending up with a mish-mash of 
> programs all doing everything their own way.

It's free software so no one can impede some nut of porting it to 
platforms other than Unix.  It's their trouble if they want to suit 
their new audience to their tastes, though.

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