"Scott A. Colcord" wrote:
>
> What would you have them do, then? Netscape indicated that they didn't have
> the resources to do native UI on more than one platform; their only options
> were to do XPFE, go Win-only, or declare the browser a lost cause and drop
> it completely. Unless you've got a few tens of millions of dollars to throw
> their way to give them more options, try to recognize that deploying a
> product on a limited budget means that not everyone is going to get
> everything they want on the first try.
>
> Scott A. Colcord
> Software Engineer
Why is C, CC+, or Userland Frontier so much more complicated to use to
create the GUI for Mac.
But then this agruement is a lost cause since Netscape/Mozilla is really
bidding their time un Mac's OS X comes out when they can code in 100%
BSD 4.4 UNIX.
Also you have to remember though despite our (mac users) wishes to the
contrary, Mr Bill's (Gates) platform is the standard organizations such
Netscape and Mozilla must cowtow to.
Sad when you have one person in the world that can say "I said Jump!"
and the rest of the software world says "How High? What direction? And
can I lick your Boots on the way down?"
>
> "John Welch" wrote:
> > >> And as far as the sometimes - voice threat of "without XUL, it would
> have
> > >> been windows - only"...riiiggght. Suuuuuure. Netscape is stupid enough
> to
> > >> ignore the platforms where they still have customers and a market share
> that
> > >> isn't a joke.
> > >
> > > We didn't say it. Mike Pinkerton, one of the head Mac weenies (his
> > > words, not mine) at Netscape, said it. No XUL, no Mac or Linux.
> >
> > Mozilla needs to really distance themselves from this crap then. And
> > Netscape as a group is majorly stupid if they think they could survive as
> a
> > windows-only product.
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