Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 22nd Dec 2006 11:16 UTC, submitted by bababooie
"The IndieHIG Wiki is a place where developers and UI designers can come together to create a new set of Human Interface Guidelines to supplement Apple's guidelines. Apple has neglected to update their HIG with modern UI designs and controls, so developers have been forced to replicate these UI elements on their own to keep their applications from looking dated. Since each developer has slightly different implementations of these elements, it has resulted in a fairly inconsistent look and feel for Mac OS users." Meanwhile, for the first time in over three months, Apple is asking its developer community to begin testing and providing feedback on a forthcoming update to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
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2005-07-22
These menus are not provided by the OS. It is simply that these are the rules and most developers stick to them. Plus, Apple providing a decent template in IB doesn't hurt either