http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2007/10/05/did-a-microsoft-sample-influence-the-design-of-a-mac-genealogy-application/ genealogy, software, ideas, and innovation Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:56:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2007/10/05/did-a-microsoft-sample-influence-the-design-of-a-mac-genealogy-application/#comment-27 Mark Tucker Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:37:46 +0000 http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2007/10/05/did-a-microsoft-sample-influence-the-design-of-a-mac-genealogy-application/#comment-27 The Family.Show screen shot is from Vista, but other than the title bar and window frame, the application looks the same on Windows XP. The Family.Show screen shot is from Vista, but other than the title bar and window frame, the application looks the same on Windows XP.

]]> http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2007/10/05/did-a-microsoft-sample-influence-the-design-of-a-mac-genealogy-application/#comment-26 Greg Matthews Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:57:22 +0000 http://www.thinkgenealogy.com/2007/10/05/did-a-microsoft-sample-influence-the-design-of-a-mac-genealogy-application/#comment-26 Are you looking at the MS app in Vista? If so then it's not surprising they would look similar. I haven't used a Mac since 1990, but I sometimes wish I did have a Mac laptop. The UI is so much cleaner than Windows. Given how often MS has copied Mac UI aesthetics I find it more surprising that it's taken this long for someone to find a Mac app that looks like a MS app. Are you looking at the MS app in Vista? If so then it’s not surprising they would look similar. I haven’t used a Mac since 1990, but I sometimes wish I did have a Mac laptop. The UI is so much cleaner than Windows. Given how often MS has copied Mac UI aesthetics I find it more surprising that it’s taken this long for someone to find a Mac app that looks like a MS app.

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