Chuck Esterbrook wrote: > On Nov 25, 2007 10:42 AM, Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Stewart Stremler wrote: >> >>> begin quoting Chuck Esterbrook as of Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 05:29:58PM -0800: >>> >>>> On Nov 24, 2007 4:50 PM, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>> [on writing a new web-browser engine] >>> >>>>> That being said, it's on my list of "one day, maybe, if I get the time" >>>>> projects. :) >>>>> >>>> And if you started today which language would you use? >>>> >>> Java. >>> >>> Maybe Smalltalk. >>> >>> Possibly Objective-C. >>> >>> >> What graphical tool kit would you use? Java has at least three: AWT, >> Swing and SWT. Since building a browser is creating a GUI, I'm inclined >> to believe that the choice of your GUI widget set is more important than >> the language. >> >> Gus >> > > What does Firefox do exactly? It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. It > doesn't seem to be using Qt or wxWindows. > They built their own cross-platform GUI effectively: XUL.
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