On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:28:37AM -0400, Catherine Roy wrote: > Browser optimization is not something to take lightly and basically > dismissing someone by telling them to go contribute code on github
See, you're missing the point here. Cryptocat isn't just a website that needs to add some Opera specific CSS hacks, 5 minutes and done. It's a browser plugin, which requires, at a guess, 20% of the total effort of the project for each new browser that's supported. And it sounds like Opera is missing some important technology in its plugin support (though I haven't investigated this myself, I trust Nadim to have a handle on the issues here). It's not as if you're asking an Android developer "hey, my new Nexus doesn't work with your app". Rather you're asking a Android+iOS app "hey it would be awesome if you ported to Blackberry too!" (requiring a completely new set of J2ME bindings, etc). The amount of work you're demanding (and yes, your first public post did come across as, arguably, demanding; and you doubled down when Nadim pushed back) is significant, and Opera is a small niche platform. The cost benefit tradeoff just isn't worth it to the current developers. If someone who cares about Opera can contribute technically, then great; but while open source does need to listen to users, the overwhelming success of projects like Linux is largely due to developers ignoring non-technical "I want you to do free work for me" arguments. Feel free to sponsor a developer! It could be kickstartered or similar, for example. -andy -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
