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03-30-2011, 08:32 AM
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Cocoa rewrite when?
Digidesign, when are you guys going to ship a 64 bit native Cocoa PT app? The use of the Mac OS 9 Geneva font and the Arial font is not a good look in 2011, nor is it compliant with Apple's GUI design guidelines. Lucida Grande is the system font that is supposed to be used. I'm sure Apple have mentioned a few years ago that Carbon 64 bit has no future and they told developers years ago to re-write their apps' GUIs in Cocoa. Here we are still struggling away with an expensive flagship audio application with a crufty GUI that dates back to System 7.
Check out Autodesk's AutoCAD written in Cocoa. It's a very nice design and provides a dark and a light grey theme to suit users' preference. I think it's about high time a modern compliant app (including plugins) is delivered to your paying customers. Regards 
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03-30-2011, 04:56 PM
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Re: Cocoa rewrite when?
(Walking away shaking my head...)
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03-30-2011, 05:03 PM
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Re: Cocoa rewrite when?
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Yes. Sigh. I somehow think Avid does not need to be told all the time like this what they need to be doing... like 64 bit etc. has to be a priority for them, they are not stupid. They get it. None of this transition stuff is easy. What I really don't want Avid to do is destabilize what is working now, break things rushing this. What !@#$% font or UI decoration the app uses now is not critical. Darryl
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03-30-2011, 07:39 PM
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Re: Cocoa rewrite when?
Umm... you mean like those GUI guidelines which Apple completely ignored with the latest iTunes release?
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04-01-2011, 10:16 AM
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Re: Cocoa rewrite when?
Put the blame where blame is due. Arial is a MS abomination that we now all must suffer with
 The Scourge of Arial http://www.ms-studio.com/articles.html <SNIP> When Microsoft made TrueType the standard font format for Windows 3.1, they opted to go with Arial rather than Helvetica, probably because it was cheaper and they knew most people wouldn’t know (or even care about) the difference. Apple also standardized on TrueType at the same time, but went with Helvetica, not Arial, and paid Linotype’s license fee. Of course, Windows 3.1 was a big hit. Thus, Arial is now everywhere, a side effect of Windows’ success, born out of the desire to avoid paying license fees. <SNIP> MORE AT LINK
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04-01-2011, 03:28 PM
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Re: Cocoa rewrite when?
Uhhhh...have you guys ever considered making music instead of worrying about a stupid typeface...
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X Note that all opinions, observations, whatever, in this post are mine, unless I'm being mean or am wrong, in which case it's somebody else's fault. I do not work for Avid (their loss)...my only relationship with Avid is that of a customer (when I'm not too poor to buy stuff, like now)...and that hot administrative assistant...that's more of a "thing" than a "relationship" (that should keep them guessing for a while... )Just rockin'...what more is there? Bill in Pittsburgh
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