News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Windows Is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata Platform. Parent comment

Re:Windows Is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata... by DerekL on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @12:40AM (#14200470)
> Apple used Carbon for a lot of its own built-in apps, such as Finder, didn't it? (edit: and iTunes)

iTunes needed to support both Mac OS 9 and X, so Carbon made much more sense than writing all of the UI code twice. Also, it started as SoundJam MP, which was written for Mac OS 8, so Carbonization was much less work than a Cocoa rewrite.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Windows Is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata... by simonh on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @08:29AM (#14202380)
Right, but the same logic applied to any popular app with users still on Mac Os.
[ Parent | on HN ]