Well, yes and no. Such an IDE does not have to follow the guidelines, because as you said, these are “flexible”. Take Microsoft Office 2007, completely new GUI, shocked the world. But take Eclipse. This is a fairly standard GUI, mostly the same on unix, mac, and Windows. IMHO, for a Windows user coming from Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Borland Delphi, etc, switching to Eclipse is much easier than switching to emacs. Or take the Concurrent Clean IDE. Totally not a windows GUI. But easy to get started with. Just install, open an example, select run and off you go. From: haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of PR Stanley Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 15:06 To: haskell-cafe@haskell.org Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Useful IDE features - Accessibility considerations Hi not sure if this is a real project to build a Haskell IDE ... adherence to the MS accessibility guidelines. Ironically the VS environement seems to deviate from the corporation's own advice to the rest of the world. Paul No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/852 - Release Date: 17/06/2007 08:23 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/852 - Release Date: 17/06/2007 08:23