On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Manually stripping the extra language resources from TextEdit cut it > down to > 1.9 mb.
A long time ago (meaning I don't know if this is currently true, I hope not?) I manually striped the language resources from Webkit and it destroyed the ability to search within Safari, and some versions wouldn't even launch after removal of some languages. I filed a bug report on this phenomenon, and very quickly I got a super-rude reply from a Webkit developer saying "who did I think I was to 'lobotomize' their code" and "why should ANY software that's been manually 'butchered' by a user be expected to function normally"? I was taken aback, and replied that I didn't think that hiding active code within the language files was a good idea, and that AFAIK no other applications did such a thing. It seemed as if this developer was acknowledging that the "bug" that I reported was in actuality "purposeful" and they were not only aware of it, but were dismissing my bug report because Webkit was designed to not work if certain languages were removed. I thought this was crazy, and still do. I hope things have changed since then? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
