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byDarkness404 ( 1287218 ) writes:
Seriously Google how hard can it be? Just use GTK, its light, useful and even a weekend coder can use it.
bySantana ( 103744 ) writes:
Because GTK+ comes with a HIG included... not.
I guess the guy that used to be the lead developer of Firefox may know better than you and me.
Anyways, by reading the article you'd have known they are using GTK+. That doesn't make the drawbacks disappear though.
byi.of.the.storm ( 907783 ) writes:
Meh, does Chrome even follow Microsoft HIG? The tabs being almost part of the title bar, and the lack of an actual window title in the title bar, as well as the random Google logo next to the buttons, all seem to be completely contrary to what I expect on Windows. As do the Vista style buttons even on XP, but then Microsoft did that too with Windows Media Player in some version.
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byA12m0v ( 1315511 ) writes:
IE doesn't follow Microsoft HIG, either.
None of Microsoft products does. Every one of them has a different UI.
Office, IE, explorer.exe, Windows Media Player, Live Messenger, regedit.exe, etc...
byi.of.the.storm ( 907783 ) writes:
This is true, but when Google is complaining about lack of HIG standards across Linux, it doesn't really make much sense if they're not going to follow it in the first place.
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