# Why do you design for Mac & port to Windows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener for Windows\ **Tags:** feedback\ **Created:** [April 4, 2015, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930 "2015-04-04T08:33:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![reepicheep](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@reepicheep](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/61 "2015-04-10T17:03:08Z")
> [@Ahab](#): > > Which begs the question: If you’re so dismissive of Scrivener and its team, why are you here? Why not move on to software you do like, or that better fits your needs? He could also use those skills he claimed to have and write a Windows program that does exactly what he wants. ---
**Author:** ![dreamregent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@dreamregent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/dreamregent)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/62 "2015-04-10T17:13:20Z")
> [@reepicheep](#): > > Clearly you can’t read! I said no such thing. What I did say was that it the team working on the Windows versions need both those things simultaneously. It is clear that they possess them. I can’t read what you didn’t write before this post. I stated there were problems in their development process. You agreed that there were and used the development of the iOS version as another example. ---
**Author:** ![dreamregent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@dreamregent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/dreamregent)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/63 "2015-04-10T17:32:56Z")
> [@Briar Kit](#): > > With respect, that’s their choice: they chose to buy Windows PCs in the first place. Whenever visitors see the Macs we have here on the farm, or when I sit in a cafe with my MB, MBP, or iPad, I nearly nearly always get Windows-owning people lust over some feature that Apple offers and that MS doesn’t. In my experience, Windows users are used to feeling that they have to do without. It’s not just a Scrivener issue. (We used to own Dells and run Windows. No one ever lusted after the Dells or Windows.) Well, I understand that. However, is there any feature of Scrivener that’s impossible to duplicate on a Windows platform? In this [comparison document](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/differences-between-the-mac-and-windows-versions/15517/1), I see only one feature (grammar check) listed as an inherent part of OS X. However, even that feature can be implemented on a Windows platform via third-party. Most everything else appears to be missing due to a simple lack of implementation. ---
**Author:** ![devinganger](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/devinganger/32/18082_2.png) [@devinganger](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/devinganger)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/64 "2015-04-10T17:47:24Z")
You would be wrong. Even cursory research on the forums brings back multiple references to features that exist in their current format on the Mac that are provided by underlying OS-level objects, structures, and features – objects that don’t exist in Windows _or_ in the QT framework that Scrivener for Windows uses. Seemingly simple things like how scrivenings in Windows (if I am remembering this correctly) being multiple instances of a text editor object, instead of a single text editor object in the OS X version. Those differences add up, and they take time for a small company to research, diagnose, and figure out how to work to commonality – especially when you have separate people doing the Windows and Mac programming without any shared code. There’s also the fact that we KNOW major revisions are coming in the Mac version, revisions that are including some of the lessons learned in the Windows side (compiler UI, IIRC) that are trying to help even the playing field from the design side so that both Mac and Windows are coding to the same goal. It would be profoundly unwise to waste resources on the Windows development to try to chase a Mac target that they KNOW is going to change. Again, you have no insight into their resource allocation, their internal process, even how much time the developers have to work on this project. You’re making assumptions that are valid for a larger development house, but they probably don’t apply well to L&L. And by insisting that you “know better”, you don’t come off as knowing more than the rest of us – you just appear as more arrogant. Maybe you could take a step back, take a breath, and share with us your development credentials? What major cross-platform projects have you worked on? What deliverables have you managed for at least one complete release cycle? If we know what your expertise us, that might help us see what you’re getting at. ---
**Author:** ![Briar\_Kit](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Briar\_Kit](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Briar_Kit)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/65 "2015-04-10T17:52:38Z")
> [@dreamregent](#): > > > [@Briar Kit](#): > > > > With respect, that’s their choice: they chose to buy Windows PCs in the first place. Whenever visitors see the Macs we have here on the farm, or when I sit in a cafe with my MB, MBP, or iPad, I nearly nearly always get Windows-owning people lust over some feature that Apple offers and that MS doesn’t. In my experience, Windows users are used to feeling that they have to do without. It’s not just a Scrivener issue. (We used to own Dells and run Windows. No one ever lusted after the Dells or Windows.) > > Well, I understand that. However, is there any feature of Scrivener that’s impossible to duplicate on a Windows platform? In this [comparison document](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/differences-between-the-mac-and-windows-versions/15517/1), I see only one feature (grammar check) listed as an inherent part of OS X. However, even that feature can be implemented on a Windows platform via third-party. Most everything else appears to be missing due to a simple lack of implementation. All true, AFAIK, and feasible parity is the target that L&L is aiming for. 😃 > [@](#): > > Scrivener for Windows > The Windows Scrivener project closely follows the design ethic and scope of the original Scrivener for Mac project. Since it is a newer piece of software, it is still catching up to its older sibling, so be sure and guide your choice based upon the information provided on this site, as other blogs and videos you find elsewhere might refer to the Mac version. Development continues to move swiftly, and you can be assured that every feature currently shown in the Mac design will one day be available for Windows, too\*. For more information, see the main Scrivener for Windows web page. > > - With the obvious exception of any features that are a product of being Mac software, such as integrated grammar checking and text-to-speech synthesis. [literatureandlatte.com/about.php](http://www.literatureandlatte.com/about.php) ---
**Author:** ![SarsenLintel](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/sarsenlintel/32/16852_2.png) [@SarsenLintel](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/SarsenLintel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/66 "2015-04-10T17:53:45Z")
> [@dreamregent](#): > > > [@Briar Kit](#): > > > > With respect, that’s their choice: they chose to buy Windows PCs in the first place. Whenever visitors see the Macs we have here on the farm, or when I sit in a cafe with my MB, MBP, or iPad, I nearly nearly always get Windows-owning people lust over some feature that Apple offers and that MS doesn’t. In my experience, Windows users are used to feeling that they have to do without. It’s not just a Scrivener issue. (We used to own Dells and run Windows. No one ever lusted after the Dells or Windows.) > > Well, I understand that. However, is there any feature of Scrivener that’s impossible to duplicate on a Windows platform? In this [comparison document](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/differences-between-the-mac-and-windows-versions/15517/1), I see only one feature (grammar check) listed as an inherent part of OS X. However, even that feature can be implemented on a Windows platform via third-party. Most everything else appears to be missing due to a simple lack of implementation. Yeah, for instance apparently some of the features that are available on the Mac in scrivenings mode aren’t yet possible on Windows due to limitations with the version of the QT framework that WinScriv is built on. That’s due to be updated for 2.0. ---
**Author:** ![dreamregent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@dreamregent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/dreamregent)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/67 "2015-04-10T18:23:25Z")
> [@devinganger](#): > > You would be wrong. > > Even cursory research on the forums brings back multiple references to features that exist in their current format on the Mac that are provided by underlying OS-level objects, structures, and features – objects that don’t exist in Windows _or_ in the QT framework that Scrivener for Windows uses. Seemingly simple things like how scrivenings in Windows (if I am remembering this correctly) being multiple instances of a text editor object, instead of a single text editor object in the OS X version. > > Those differences add up, and they take time for a small company to research, diagnose, and figure out how to work to commonality – especially when you have separate people doing the Windows and Mac programming without any shared code. > > There’s also the fact that we KNOW major revisions are coming in the Mac version, revisions that are including some of the lessons learned in the Windows side (compiler UI, IIRC) that are trying to help even the playing field from the design side so that both Mac and Windows are coding to the same goal. It would be profoundly unwise to waste resources on the Windows development to try to chase a Mac target that they KNOW is going to change. > > Again, you have no insight into their resource allocation, their internal process, even how much time the developers have to work on this project. You’re making assumptions that are valid for a larger development house, but they probably don’t apply well to L&L. And by insisting that you “know better”, you don’t come off as knowing more than the rest of us – you just appear as more arrogant. > > Maybe you could take a step back, take a breath, and share with us your development credentials? What major cross-platform projects have you worked on? What deliverables have you managed for at least one complete release cycle? If we know what your expertise us, that might help us see what you’re getting at. I didn’t say there weren’t differences in how the underlying systems worked. I essentially just said there didn’t appear to be features of the hands-on functionality that were impossible to implement. Obviously, having to create multiple instances of anything in one system will work a little differently from creating a single instance in another system. However, that doesn’t mean the program feature on the user’s end can’t be made to work. The user doesn’t care how the code is written or which stratagem is utilized to support the feature. Granted, my experience is with enterprise systems in a large corporation (so, more resources & a bigger team) but that really has nothing to do with my suggestion that a more holistic and integrated approach would be beneficial to development. There’s also no way the creation of extensive diagrams of the systems would fail to yield dividends. They’re inexpensive to create and could only help because they give much clearer direction for coding whereas written use cases don’t necessarily do that. ---
**Author:** ![vic-k](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@vic-k](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/vic-k)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/68 "2015-04-10T18:24:28Z")
> [@PJS](#): > > > [@vic-k](#): > > > > sophisticated adult version > > Speaking of which, and in no way to disparage Mammy J, have you tried Tyrconnell? > ps 😮 [size=150]No. What do you know, that I don’t, but should? 😕[/size] ![](https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-ovZYWC3lRgg%2FTWfPXrmLT6I%2FAAAAAAAABtM%2FAMGcycwxMMA%2Fs1600%2Ftyrconnell.jpg&f=1) ---
**Author:** ![gr](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/gr/32/38680_2.png) [@gr](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/gr)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/69 "2015-04-10T18:34:56Z")
Way I heard it, Scrivener is actually worked up for Commodore 64 and then ported to everything else. -gr ---
**Author:** ![Jaysen](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/jaysen/32/16_2.png) [@Jaysen](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Jaysen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/70 "2015-04-10T20:58:39Z")
> [@dreamregent](#): > > To be quite frank, I very likely do know more about code and software development than 99% of the members of this forum. Maybe. The majority of people on the forum are not developers. That’s like me saying I likely know more about Vic-k’s house than 99% of the people on the forum. Maybe true. How do we validate it? Especially since some folks may not want to disclose their associations with professions or … vic-k. I think the part that really … offends … in your posts is the pungent oder of arrogance. You come off as the guy who caries his latest IQ test results in his pocket to prove to everyone that his opinion is of more value than anyone else’s opinion. All the while forgetting that opinions are like a$$holes, everyone has one … I’m sure a smart person like you knows the rest of the phrase. The other thing that really doesn’t make sense is your instance that the only company that makes a software package that does what you need “MUST CHANGE TO DO IT MY WAY”. That is not a direct quote of course. Just the clear message you are beating everyone with until they agree with you. Thing is, we don’t care. Why the heck do you care how L&L writes code or manages their development. It really isn’t germane to scrivener functionality. Sure, you and I can pontificate about how we would use our enterprise infrastructures to create assets, work groups and implementation teams. But then we aren’t the guys who came up with the idea. Are we? If you really really really have a problem with the disparity in features, use something else. Go find the perfect development group and use their product. Problem solved. Oh wait. It doesn’t exist. Maybe developing this feature set is a bit harder than it appears at first blush? Hmmm… But I diregress. I actually wanted to address something else. I figured “heck, I’ll call my MS contact and ask about OSX market.” He was a bit … taken aback. I don’t know anything about you but he really really wanted to call you a few names. MS apparently does not agree with your assessment of their interests. I need to take my own advice. > [@Jaysen](#): > > Trolls are like other … ---
**Author:** ![r6d2](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/r6d2/32/85_2.png) [@r6d2](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/r6d2)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/71 "2015-04-10T21:19:21Z")
> [@gr](#): > > Way I heard it, Scrivener is actually worked up for Commodore 64 and then ported to everything else. Actually, it was developed first on an Atari 600XL using Mac/65 and then ported to Commodore. 😆😆😆 ---
**Author:** ![gr](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/gr/32/38680_2.png) [@gr](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/gr)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/72 "2015-04-10T21:51:49Z")
> [@r6d2](#): > > > [@gr](#): > > > > Way I heard it, Scrivener is actually worked up for Commodore 64 and then ported to everything else. > > Actually, it was developed first on an Atari 600XL using Mac/65 and then ported to Commodore. Oh, that rumor was just a viral marketing campaign. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dreamregent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@dreamregent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/dreamregent)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/73 "2015-04-10T22:49:10Z")
> [@Jaysen](#): > > I think the part that really … offends … in your posts is the pungent oder of arrogance. You come off as the guy who caries his latest IQ test results in his pocket to prove to everyone that his opinion is of more value than anyone else’s opinion. All the while forgetting that opinions are like a$$holes, everyone has one … I’m sure a smart person like you knows the rest of the phrase. Sounds like an apt description of yourself and a few others. I’m not sure I’ve met folks with their noses stuck any higher in the air. I merely offer a suggestion for a process improvement and people’s heads start exploding at the audacity of someone offering a critical word about their sacred cow. > [@Jaysen](#): > > The other thing that really doesn’t make sense is your instance that the only company that makes a software package that does what you need “MUST CHANGE TO DO IT MY WAY”. Actually, I offered a suggestion to do it their own way more efficiently. > [@Jaysen](#): > > Why the heck do you care how L&L writes code or manages their development. It really isn’t germane to scrivener functionality. Sure, you and I can pontificate about how we would use our enterprise infrastructures to create assets, work groups and implementation teams. But then we aren’t the guys who came up with the idea. Are we? The exaggerations are unnecessary. Nothing I suggested would require enterprise infrastructure, nor would it require any great commitment in terms of cost. It might add a bit more time to the front end planning but it may very well shorten cumulative development times moving forward. > [@Jaysen](#): > > If you really really really have a problem with the disparity in features, use something else. Go find the perfect development group and use their product. Problem solved. Oh wait. It doesn’t exist. Maybe developing this feature set is a bit harder than it appears at first blush? Hmmm… Is this just a straw man or did you not catch my use of the term relatively? > [@Jaysen](#): > > But I diregress. I actually wanted to address something else. I figured “heck, I’ll call my MS contact and ask about OSX market.” He was a bit … taken aback. I don’t know anything about you but he really really wanted to call you a few names. MS apparently does not agree with your assessment of their interests. > > I need to take my own advice. Sounds like your sales rep. I’m not sure why you’d expect him to say anything different. Although, I guess you’re next going to claim your “contact” is Bill Gates. However, the fact of the matter is that MS has nearly limitless resources. If they wanted absolute parity, there would be absolute parity outside of a couple of issues due to the OS. There’s not a huge number of differences but few of the ones that exist are due to an inherent inability to support the features. They aren’t there because Microsoft didn’t care to achieve absolute parity. ---
**Author:** ![PJS](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@PJS](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/PJS)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/74 "2015-04-11T00:42:27Z")
> [@vic-k](#): > > What do you know, that I don’t, but should? Most likely, nothing. But last year when I was in Dublin for a while — altogether other story, that — one evening I ordered Irish coffee at the same place I’d had one the night before, and this one, this night, was a bit different, not quite as sharp, but very good. I asked the barman if he’d used different coffee, or what. He said he remembered I’d been in the night before, and thought I might like to try Tyrconnell instead of Jameson, and he’d make me a new one if I didn’t like it. Anyway, I did like it. Then a month or two back, I came across a passage in a Dennis Lehane novel where the manager of an Irish pub in South Boston impresses a Russian mob boss by serving him Tyrconnell. So I bought a bottle, which now sits in the cupboard, waiting for its turn on the counter. I’ll let you know. But off that one coffee back in November, I’d have to say it may turn out to be very good. ps ---
**Author:** ![Jaysen](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/jaysen/32/16_2.png) [@Jaysen](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Jaysen)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/75 "2015-04-11T12:12:25Z")
Clearly we are at an impasse. > [@dreamregent](#): > > Sounds like an apt description of yourself Yes. It does. At least 10 years ago it would have been dead on. Then I grew up. Listen. Try to understand a message that I had hoped would be clear. No one is saying “you are an idiot and you are wrong”. What they are all saying is “what L&L does isn’t really broken so please leave it alone”. Believe it or not many people are frustrated with the lack of feature parity. They voice their frustration but don’t turn around and insult everyone that suggests “be a little patient” (and for the record, I do not think everyone said that nicely). My posts were intended to get you to consider that your approach, not necessarily the message, was wrong. I apologize for failing to help you see the way your posts were received. Communications are tough in the impersonal realm of internet forums. We all should consider this thread a study in communication failure states. I would suggest that you consider one thing I said. Lose the arrogance. If you really are as smart as you think you are, you will not lack the respect and accolades of everyone around you. If you don’t you may find yourself in a very lonely place. I could be wrong, but … I already admitted that I know the symptoms as a member of the team I described. That place is very very lonely. I don’t know who you are. And the anonymity of the forum means that we will likely never know anything about each other beyond this exchange. I hope that your approach to situations such as this one use a bit more tact in person. Even more, I hope that my interactions with you are not indicative of your normal approach. I wish you the best. ---
**Author:** ![vic-k](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@vic-k](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/vic-k)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/76 "2015-04-11T14:15:04Z")
> [@Jaysen](#): > > would suggest that you consider one thing I said. Lose the arrogance. Young master Jaysen, A much esteemed English intellectual giant, of my acquaintance, proffered: “Confront not the arrogant, with this shortcoming, for 'tis naught to them, but a buffing of their ego, with beeswax and a soft cloth. ---
**Author:** ![Kinsey](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@Kinsey](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Kinsey)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/77 "2015-04-11T19:42:06Z")
That was one hell of a barman PJS. As far as I know Tyrconnell is quite a few shekels more expensive than Jameson. Not usually put into Irish coffees. Hope you gave him a nice tip! ---
**Author:** ![PJS](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@PJS](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/PJS)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/78 "2015-04-11T19:51:02Z")
> [@Kinsey](#): > > Hope you gave him a nice tip! Indeed so. I suspect it was the previous night’s tip which prompted the Tyrconnell. I’ve a weakness for the Irish — being largely one myself — the way they talk, the way they write, the way they sing, the way they drink. Planning to buy a little bungalow in Dalkey, soon as my millions arrive. ps ---
**Author:** ![vic-k](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@vic-k](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/vic-k)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/79 "2015-04-11T21:05:35Z")
> [@](#): > > ps wrote: > Planning to buy a little bungalow in Dalkey, soon S’pose y’s’ll be delving int’ t’ Dakley Archive, will y’s? ![](https://duckduckgo.com/i/24376961.jpg) During my cyber research for Tyrconnell. I came across this 😮 : ![](https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beersofeurope.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct%2Fcache%2F1%2Fimage%2F298x308%2F9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95%2Fpimages%2FFeckinIrishWhiskey.jpg&f=1)'twas like being dragged across the event horizon of a black hole of disbelief! I didn’t want to look, but my gaze was inexorably drawn to the sacrilegious imagery. ---
**Author:** ![PJS](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@PJS](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/PJS)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930/80 "2015-04-11T22:56:57Z")
> [@vic-k](#): > > delving int’ t’ Dakley Archive Already delved there. Amusing, though not on the same shelf as The Third Policeman. As for > [@vic-k](#): > > being dragged across the event horizon of a black hole of disbelief One of several lovely women in my life — this one Molly by name, which some may find amusing — gave me, just short of Middlemarch this year, a shimmering green shirt, upon which was printed “Irish as Feck,” I wore it the appointed day, and was much admired (and perhaps just a trifle castigated) and a few times photographed by innocents, who could scarcely believe their eyes. Or my shirt. ps [Previous page](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/why-do-you-design-for-mac-port-to-windows/29930.md?page=5)