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Interface Issues and Apple Guidelines
Afrosheen:
--- Quote from: mwheelerk on July 30, 2014, 10:20:34 pm ---I really don't think people are really requesting just a look but the form and functionality of a Mac app. Great product no the less.
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eh, there was a lot of talk that "skinning" would be considered an adequate substitute. You can read for yourself by checking the thread.
JohnAV:
--- Quote from: mwheelerk on July 30, 2014, 10:20:34 pm ---I really don't think people are really requesting just a look but the form and functionality of a Mac app. Great product no the less.
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No question most Mac users would prefer a MC20 where the user interface complies with Apple Guidelines more then MC19 does. Hopefully this has already been discussed a lot and is finally doable. 8)
6233638:
--- Quote from: Afrosheen on July 31, 2014, 12:39:08 am ---eh, there was a lot of talk that "skinning" would be considered an adequate substitute. You can read for yourself by checking the thread.
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Well my point was that looking like a Mac application would go a long way to help making the program feel more native than it currently does - not that it would be a solution.
Obviously native menu support is important, and I'd like it to be a priority for MC20.
I'm not sure about remapping all the keyboard shortcuts though - perhaps as an option to switch between OS X native commands and general Media Center ones that apply to PC, Mac, and Linux might work?
sandalaudio:
Honestly, the interface issue was the only thing I could come up with as a potential "wish list" feature. I am already happy with version 19.
The first impression I got from the Mac version MC was "hey this look like a PC program that's been converted to run on a Mac". e.g. It doesn't look like it was benefiting from pretty native font smoothing and rendering offered by the Mac OS.
One thing I am worried about is, I don't know how much extra work it currently takes for JRiver to make the Mac equivalent of the Windows build version, but if the Mac version becomes very different to the Windows version then it could lead to significant delays in Mac version build releases.
I don't want the Microsoft Office situation where the application is totally different between Mac and Windows, and have many incompatibilities because they are developed by two separate teams...
Afrosheen:
--- Quote from: sandalaudio on July 31, 2014, 10:11:47 pm ---I don't want the Microsoft Office situation where the application is totally different between Mac and Windows, and have many incompatibilities because they are developed by two separate teams...
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That's a very good point. But then again we are in the third iteration of MC Mac, and it's continuing to get closer to the full feature of MC Win. But if that's what the development of MC Mac will be, to have a limited UI gradually gain the full features of MC Win, then I would like to know that so that I am not contributing with the hopes that I have of MC Mac. It's not that I don't want to support that choice in development, but I rather know so that I'm not carrying false hopes.
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