On item 3, I reported recently finding an instance where code that bombs in
NS6 works fine in the latest Mozilla build. Should we be writing for the
latest Mozilla build instead of NS6? I think that's safer in the long run.
IMHO, Leland
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Melvin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 7:30 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Re: [ dynapi-Patches-407882 ] Browser.js
> Recommended Upgrade
>
> Current goals as I understand them:
>
> 1) Fix all know bugs in IE 4.x &5.x and NS 4.x on PC and MAC (linux?)
> 2) Ensure that all code works (consistantly) with IE 4.x &5.x and NS 4.x
> on PC and MAC (linux?)
> 3) Implement WC3 DOM support using NS6 as a test basis
>
> 4) and THEN we tackle improving size and speed
> 5) release "official" DynAPI 2.0 FINAL version.
> 6) figure out what we do for our next trick.
>
> Doug Melvin
>
> Please excuse my previous rants if they hurt yer head alittle, I'm a very
> big bitch without my coffe
> (had coffe x2.. fell much better now.. :-) )
>
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> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 1:02 PM
> Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] Re: [ dynapi-Patches-407882 ] Browser.js Recommended
> Upgrade
>
> From looking at the code that is in the current browser.js file we attempt
> to
> do at least 2 things:
>
> 1. identify the browser
> 2. identify the platform
>
> Here are the problems that I see. We only support MSIE or NS, so why do
> allow for browsers that spoof, such as Opera, to get by? Why not
> explicity
> detect them so that we can alert that they are not supported? When we
> attempt to detect the platform we are using methods that are almost
> guaranteed to fail.
>
> I'm not saying that the entire thing should be included, but at the least
> shouldn't we fix the most obvious problems which have an effect on the way
> in
> which the DynAPI works?
>
> BTW, since I can't seem to find a list of the CURRENT GOALS, can someone
> post
> them to the list for me. I would like to learn more about them and see
> what
> can be done to meet them before the future becomes the past and we get
> stuck
> in the present.
>
>
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