Jodischlange, it's a messenger application, that has as its feature a possibility to play video files to other users. I was thinking to make the part that actually does playing the video (it's interface) similar to the QuickTime player (since most users are using this player, and therefore consider it as a "reference" for the apps). I am not sure what Apple would think about this, that's why i'm asking. Or maybe, if i am wrong, i should design my own controls, that look different from the QuickTime player's ones, and users won't feel uncomfortable.
On Windows, every movie player looks different - this is a place where users don't care at all, unless an application has "play/stop/pause" buttons. Nick 2011/5/27 <jodischla...@gmx.de> > > Am 21. mai 2011 um 13.19 schrieb Nick: > > > Do you think that would be a bad idea to make it look identically (only > > appearance, the functionality is completely different) to the original > > QuickTime player? > > That sounds like a bad idea, indeed. Depends on what you mean by "the > functionality is completely different". But if your control is actually > doing something semantically different (not just do the same thing but in > another way on the programming level) it should look different. > Otherwise the user will probably be confused by the different behavior. > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/eveningnick%40gmail.com > > This email sent to eveningn...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
