Peter Damoc wrote:

>  If the feel is implemented using the best approach (think OSX) users on  
>  other systems won't mind.

The notion of "best" is observer-dependent.

I don't think it's a matter of "best", anyway, but of things
behaving consistently with other applications on the platform.
If the user is accustomed to certain menu items being in
certain places or having certain key equivalents, for
example, it's annoying when some applications do things
differently.

I think appearance is important to many people, too. Mac
users in particular tend to be unimpressed by apps which
look un-Mac-like. It gives an impression of shoddiness,
of having been ported from somewhere else in a quick and
dirty way, which doesn't help to engender a feeling of
trust in it.

Maybe Windows users are less discerning, I don't know.
But I wouldn't like to foist an Aqua-looking app on a
Windows user. If I'm to ask that Mac apps look Mac-like,
I feel I owe them the same courtesy.

Although if Longhorn turns out to rip off Aqua closely
enough, maybe this will cease to be an issue... :-)

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