Quote - However, all that hardware has to hew to common software APIs, which has been far more stable over time than you suspect...

I didn't even read the rest. I have to cry bullshit, because I am right in the middle of that bogus belief system right now.

I've worked an extra 3 f'ing weeks on Poser 8, trying to make the UI mouse clicks and wheel events to work the same in PC and MAC. I'm programming in Adobe Flex/Flash, which means I'm not even dealing with the OS from different vendors - I'm dealing only with the Adobe standard UI interface API.

It does not work the same. And if Smith Micro would just tell you Mac f'ers to go to hell, my life would be a lot simpler. I am busting my balls trying to making the God DAMN Macintosh work like it is supposed to. We're talking about simple things like Mouse Down, Mouse Up.

If it sounds like I'm a little sick of the "standard API" idea, I really am. I've had a much easier time when I wrote my own GUI in assembly language directly to the hardware.

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