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GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmemberJammer11:09 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmvpPete O'Hanlon11:31 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmemberJammer11:35 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmvpPete O'Hanlon11:39 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmemberJammer11:41 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmvpPete O'Hanlon10:48 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmemberPakl20:26 1 Apr '08  
Hi there,
 
I am working on a project where the situation is the other way round. My background is a boxed software product which is available for both Mac and Windows.
 
After we did a port originally (using GNUStep) we ended up rewriting the application from scratch using Windows native tools (C# and WPF).
 
The reasons:
 
- Windows and Mac users expect a very different user experience which requires two different user interfaces.
- Both platforms have different strengths and what is easy on one platform can be very hard on the other. We try to keep our two products feature-identical but the implementation and usage of the features can greatly differ.
- ObjectiveC is a dynamic language, C# is a statical typed language. The way you program in these languages is very different.
- If you want a great product you need great developers. A Windows developer is likely not the best choice to create a 'good' Mac application and vice versa.
 
Tools that work on both platforms have not the power of the native tools. (eg. Mono)
 
As an example I want to refer to Microsoft Office. Office on Windows and Office on Mac has a VERY different user interface. I think Microsoft made the right choice by understanding that users on Mac and Windows have different expectations.
GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmemberJammer2:20 2 Apr '08  
GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmemberPakl13:01 2 Apr '08  
GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmemberJammer13:04 2 Apr '08  
GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmemberPakl20:38 2 Apr '08  
GeneralRe: Porting a WPF App to Mac ... PinmemberJammer7:38 3 Apr '08  
GeneralAll Hail WPF ... PinmemberJammer5:16 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: All Hail WPF ... PinmvpPete O'Hanlon5:43 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: All Hail WPF ... Pinmemberpprice9:24 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: All Hail WPF ... PinmemberJammer9:27 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: All Hail WPF ... PinmemberThomas Stockwell3:29 28 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: All Hail WPF ... PinmemberSimon Stevens3:44 31 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: All Hail WPF ... PinmemberJammer7:20 31 Mar '08  
GeneralDataGrid PinmemberM.omar3:11 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: DataGrid PinmvpPete O'Hanlon3:17 27 Mar '08  
GeneralProblem scrolling WPF Controls Pinmemberdevneeraj2:11 27 Mar '08  
GeneralRe: Problem scrolling WPF Controls PinmvpPete O'Hanlon3:08 27 Mar '08  
Generalxmlns and Solution folders Pinmemberpprice22:49 26 Mar '08  
Questionmove item along the curve PinmemberZhendalf10:00 26 Mar '08  

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