When designing your graphical application, it's likely that an early question will be around the visual identity; should the application fit within the operating system's look and feel or should it have a brand of its own? Do you want to work on a complete theme for the user interface that the user will identify with, or do you wish to make use of the well-crafted and commonly understood interface elements of the user's operating system?
As with most questions that we will encounter throughout this chapter, there is no right or wrong answer, and whichever path you choose will have positive and negative side effects. Going with completely standard components will likely result in faster development and be easier for users to understand, but how do you differentiate your app from others? If you design the complete application interface...
