Re: GUI necessary?

[email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (James W Kilgore)]

Wynn,

Some computer illiterate judge ruled on the "look and feel" of an application 
and
deemed it consituted "piracy" so Lotus has @sum(a2..a5) and Excel has 
@sum(a2:a5)
... two dot vertical vs two dots horizontal to avoid legal fees. gads!  This is
why "consistency" will always be a problem.

If my company makes the applications "look and feel" like OS functions or if I
even use the same command syntax as a competitor (not because I want to copy 
them
but because it makes sense to the user) do I open myself up for suit?

Wynn Osborne wrote:

> <<SNIP>>
>
> * a full fledged keyboard interface!!! Here is MY BIGGEST PEAVE with 3rd
> party GUI apps today. This means that when I press F4 in a combo box, I
> want to see that puppy open up so I can press X and it takes me to the
> first entry with an X. When I tab into a changeable text box, it should be
> selected; then when I press F2, it should deselect so I can change
> characters. THEN, if I press Esc, I want it set back to what it was.
>
> * consistency
>

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