Re: MFC & Guis

Right on. Spend your time developing unique capability for your app, rather
than meaningless eye candy. People will buy/use an application because it
performs some useful function, NOT because it has a mauve title bar.




"Daniel James" <wastebasket@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:VA.00000d11.02765b56@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article news:<jo0Bf.18723$dW3.8663@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jessica
> Weiner wrote:
>> As we know MFC makes ugly guis.
>
> Rubbish. MFC makes apps that look like Windows apps -- which is how apps
> on
> Windows are supposed to look.
>
>> Is there a way to beauitfy mfc applications so that they look more
>> professional? Maybe skinning tools? Third party gui librarieis?
>
> You want to waste development time and money on pointless eye-candy? That
> may
> help sell toy applications, but REAL professional apps don't need (or
> want)
> it.
>
> Skins, themes, and other such clutter just waste resources and should be
> avoided.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
>
>
>


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