I am still to see any real arguments being made for NS4 being dropped. Unless you, or anyone else, can give a detailed and reasoned argument for dropping NS4 and is able to outline the exact way in which development is being hindered, I don't see much point.Have you tried using forms across layers in NS4 - it doesn't work -
which makes it impossible to build web applications using layers and
NS4. Also CSS stuff doesn't work with nested layers in NS4. For me both
are pretty essential - and I want to utilise them to the max.
I can see the need to support NS4, but I don't think it should be
allowed to hold back the development of future DynAPI. Which means
either a layered API is developed that, provides support in some areas
for NS4, without holding back other areas - or a collaboritve fork is
created one with support one with out. Where the NS4 one follows the
main tree as closely as possible and backports all NS4 compatible
features.
Regards
Mark
You will find more MacIE related tweaks and fixes in the code than NS4, are you willing to make the same fatal call with regards to that browser? If all you seek is a "bouncing ball" design tool, then use a wysiwyg editor. I am sure than the "bloat" of NS4 in no way compares to that created by such a tool.
Also, in response to Raymond's "Here we go again...", I understand that I seem to be blowing the DIY horn a bit too much. But as one who has actually gone through the process of building my own distribution, I see many reasons for a separate path being followed by those who wish to walk it. However, in my scenario, the catalys for change was not a simple "because I say so". I saw a particular feature that was missing and searched for a process for achieving it. Upon making my feature possible, I then made every attempt to make it cross browser. And finally, I made the core code available to those who wanted to include it in the original.
At no point did I seek to force such a dramatic change on the project as that being proposed.
Also, since all of the NS4 specific code will be contained within "if (is.ns4)" segments, it should not be too hard to simply crop out the code that you want removed.
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