Quote: Originally Posted by JoshuaZ Man, try some Green Tea! Or maybe some green tea flavored gun. Good stuff. Nah, thanks. If tea, that a good, strong Earl Grey will do…

Man, try some Green Tea! Or maybe some green tea flavored gun. Good stuff.

Just got me another cup of Feel better now -t

Time for Dunch... snack before dinner.

Quote: Originally Posted by TampaDeveloper I would love to get in contact with a developer that has successfully ported their Objective-C application to a PC and gone on to mark…

ugh, I forgot what I was going to say!

He he he... grunts...

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 Pff, haven't even had lunch yet. And it's 3.00 pm. Darn it, I hate being addicted to MacNN. Can't leave -t tell me about it, haven't…

Quote: Originally Posted by karent Hey t, is it coffee time, yet for today? k- Pff, haven't even had lunch yet. And it's 3.00 pm. Darn it, I hate being addicted to MacNN. …

Quote: Originally Posted by Person Man Yes but, Applications built using these toolkits on the Mac won't FEEL like Macintosh applications. If an application doesn't FEEL like a…

Hey t, is it coffee time, yet for today? k-

Quote: Originally Posted by hyperb0le It's one thing to buy AppleCare for a $2000+ computer or display, but when AppleCare costs 1/4 of the price of a new computer, it just isn…

Quote: Originally Posted by Wiskedjak The Apple suggested response to this is "But what if the computer dies after 13 months?" Then we will have had 13 months of good use …

Get a USB extension cable and plug a bluetooth dongle into it. Fish the cable through your entertainment center and arrange it so the dongle sticks it's head out a little on the to…

BTW, if I could write code in Objective-C and deploy it on Windows as a second-class citizen to my Mac version, I would. But it doesn't require a vast amount of evaluating to come…

Quote: Originally Posted by hyperb0le And no, I'm not going to spend $150 to insure on a computer that only cost $600. The Apple suggested response to this is "But what if …

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit Ditto for the ones that wanted to be successful software shops of any kind. It's not as though the phenomenon of developers failing is someho…

Quote: Originally Posted by Macpilot Apple is a business. If they did not tell you about AppleCare, how would you find out about it? The employees at the Apple Store are requi…

Separating the UI from the back end is a bit more labor intensive, but it does future proof your application. For anything but the trivial it's not only a good idea, but mandatory…

Quote: Originally Posted by TampaDeveloper There is no doubt in my mind that there ARE successful companies that make exclusively Mac software. But unfortunately, I cannot prov…

Quote: Originally Posted by Millennium Applications written in these tookits are no more difficult to make "Mac-like" than any other Carbon app, particularly if you start out wi…

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit It is not professional suicide to create real Mac-native applications. There is no doubt in my mind that there ARE successful companies…

Quote: Originally Posted by TampaDeveloper http://www.wxwidgets.org/ - An open source cross platform toolkit with a VERY large user-base. There are bindings to this toolkit in …

Quote: Originally Posted by Person Man Yes but, Applications built using these toolkits on the Mac won't FEEL like Macintosh applications. Applications written in these to…

It is not professional suicide to create real Mac-native applications.