> Additionally Microsoft and Apple did not help the situation by themselves breaking the OS UI paradigms with media players, or in MS case MS Office.
Indeed - I remember this situation very clearly. Back when Office 2007 came out, there was no first-party way to create applications like that, and after a year or two, only few third-party libraries that were lacking in quality and polish.
This was the turning point. Clients asked us for it, we tried, but ultimately we decided to ditch the bad libraries and do our own thing - then the clients decided they might as well define their own UI design language if they're paying for UI component development.
Any specific questions? It's a home/office automation project, it's for fun and learning, we started it during a hackathon at my company. It does things like close the window blinds or turn off the lights with funny remarks in response.
Hello, I have nearly 10 years of experience dealing with this. Do you need help?
I am sure I could fix it in a few hours - either I fix it within 5 hours or you don't pay anything. My hourly rate is 150 EUR and my email is in my profile.