From: Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT <jupp@...>
Date: 2005-12-04T08:44:15+09:00
Subject: Re: GUI IDE for Ruby

Hi!

At Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:56:45 +0900, Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> I'm not familiar with Microsoft's way of laying out GUIs. Do they
> use pixel-based coordinate systems?
> 
> Is that why some dialogs and applications look weird if I use a
> bigger font?
> 
> How do they deal with internationalization of applications?

To put it that way: If Microsoft were some army the following incident
could occur: "Sir, this German translation does not fit into the
windows" - "A translation always fits where the US text fits." - "But
Sir..." - "It DOES fit!" - "Well, yes ..." - "PERIOD!" - "Yes, Sir!"

German is a good example because most of its terms are longer than the
original ones.

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt