At 21:32 13/03/2001 -0500, Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote:
>the problem is that plugins are broke (MAC) . and the applications menu
>as it should work is broken (at least in MAC and maybe others). And
>therefore even if you had correct plugin you can't set it (at least Mac
>and Maybe others. And even if you could set it only would last only one
>session (at least Mac and maybe others).
>
>And if only on the mac that it doesn't work right. where the $%^&*( are
>the Mac Developers.
>
>I'm sick and tired of PC and Unix making Tons of progress and the Mac
>Community being treated as a "Red-Headed Step Child".
You can't blame developers for that. As it happens progress is slower on
all platforms because of idiosyncrasies on the Mac, or more accurately
builds failing on the Mac and the time taken to verify builds on the
Mac. It isn't helped by there seeming to be a lot fewer Mac users actually
making bug reports than on any other platform.
The more eyes the better the quality.
>The Mac platform has been a legimate platform since 1983. and with OS X
>(ten) coming out may be around at least another 17 years or more.
>Despite PC and Unix peoples wishing to the contrary we are not going
>away. So let us stop all this platform revenge, get together and fix
>"all the platforms on the same track at the same time at the same rate.
>Most Mac Program are programed in C++ or using USERLAND Frontier. IF
>your a Developer, you ought to have enough smarts to develop in any
>platform. And use any tools available.
Fine. It also requires finance. As I've said before there is no economic
reason for any non Mac developer to make the investment in time and money
to acquire the non-open tools and tackle the wrongheadedness of so much
that the Mac has for developers to work around. That's nothing to do with
UI, but all to do with OS restrictions.
There is no open source Mac community of developers. Macs as machines for
users may not go away but as development platforms they suck, until that
changes and until the cost of development approaches Linux its not going to
happen.
Simon
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I miss conversations where the shuttlecocks at one end
become graceful missiles at the other and are returned with kisses
and where the score in the game is never kept
SPL
