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Subject: Re: Is Fritz finally a standard Windows program?

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 09:50:10 11/18/99

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On November 18, 1999 at 10:49:39, Pete Galati wrote:

>On November 18, 1999 at 02:18:02, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>On November 17, 1999 at 10:33:52, Pete Galati wrote:
>>
>>>On November 17, 1999 at 03:07:31, Torstein Hall wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 17, 1999 at 01:38:23, Don Matthys wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 17, 1999 at 01:33:54, Don Matthys wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Go to:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.chessbase.com/newproducts/Framenewpro.htm/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>and click on the three underlined phrases to see three screen images (one of
>>>>>>which changes when you move your mouse over it).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Don
>>>>>
>>>>>My previous link has an error.  Leave off the final forward slash.
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.chessbase.com/newproducts/Framenewpro.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>Don
>>>>
>>>>Its even more pictures at the chessbase site if you look at the german version
>>>>of it.
>>>>
>>>>Torstein
>>>
>>>I'm not sure what people are using to judge something as a "standard Windows
>>>program" but that's not a standard Windows program in my book, it looks good,
>>>but that's not standard to me.
>>>
>>>Pete
>>
>>If it isn't standard, what Windows interface guidelines aren't being adhered to?
>>
>>Dave
>
>I would call a standard Windows program something to the effect of Wordpad, or
>the Bringer Chess program or Netscape Navigator, all having the Standard Windows
>configurtion where you have the Title bar with all of it's standard features and
>then a line of pulldown menus, and then below that the program.
>
>I have no objection to Chessbase's interfaces, they work ok and they look good,
>but they are somewhat less convenient than what _I_ consider a standard Windows
>program.
>
>So I may be wrong about how I define standard, how do you define a standard
>Windows program?
>
>Pete

An application that adheres to the SDI or MDI guidelines.

Dave



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