Here’s a fun comparison: Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines Windows XP – Guidelines for Applications Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines Apple Human Interface Guidelines Read them if you’d like, but for now, just consider the main page of each guide. Who do you think will be most successful at getting their developers to really […]
Today Bill announced that 2 years from today, July 2008, he will reorder personal priorities and work part time at Microsoft and full-time at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Ray Ozzie will become the new Chief Software Architect. Craig Mundie will become Chief Research and Strategy Officer. I must admit that I’m impressed by […]
According to CNet Adobe will file an antitrust suit against Microsoft. The reason? Adobe doesn’t want the next version of Win Office to be able to save as PDF. Apparently they don’t mind if Microsoft charges extra for the feature, but if it’s included for free as part of the Office 2007 suite, that’s not […]
Today I’ll stop my 3rd person perspective. I’m going to write a little bit more about what I do to help MacBU ship great software and provide some color around what’s it’s like to work on Mac software at Microsoft. Often when we have press events or special visits from our MVPs I’ll give them […]
David Weiss 