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In article <031120130439070377%nospam@nospam.invalid>, nospam
<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> some apps, in an effort to be consistent across all platforms, pick
> windows standards for the ui design and it just looks wrong on a mac.
> 
> one which really annoys me is when a dialog has its default button
> (usually the 'ok' button) on the wrong side. it's opposite on windows
> than it is on mac.

When Claris wrote FileMaker Plus for Windows, that's what it did; it
made the Windows app be consistent with the Mac app.  As a result of
complaints by Windows users, the next version of FileMaker Plus adhered
to the Windows guidelines.