Hi!
JTK wrote:
>
> Gervase Markham wrote:
> >
> > > > The open/save dialog is skinnable on Linux because several window
> > > > managers support themes. So the dialog is skinnable, but not through
> > > > Mozilla's skins. That's why he added the winking smiley.
> > >
> > > Ah, ok.
> >
> > Perhaps I might politely suggest that, if you wish to slag Mozilla off in
> > these developer newsgroups,
>
> Developer newsgroups? I don't see '.developers.only' anywhere in the
> title. I do see '.public', and until such time as somebody can explain
> to me why what I'm saying doesn't qualify as 'general' and 'mozilla', or
> show that I am not a member of the 'public', I'll keep right on talking
> plain and telling it like it so sadly is (ie what you refer to as
> 'slagging off Mozilla').
>
> > you might check facts before leaping in with
> > both feet?
> >
> > Gerv
>
> Check which facts again? I'm quite well aware of what a mess
> Unix/Linux's lack of picking a lane when it comes to window managers has
> caused. Frankly, it surprises me that Mozilla *doesn't* roll its own on
> these platforms, it certainly couldn't make things any worse.
>
> And am I mistaken, or has nobody yet come up with a passable explanation
> as to why the file save dialogs have been singled out as 'native is OK',
> while virtually nothing else is, eg tree controls?
It's also a matter of control. CSS needs much more control over widgets
than most OS give you (colors, clipping, event handling...).
In case you didn't know: IE also imlements its own toolkit, they just
have the insider knowledge to make it appear very similar to the normal
Win32 toolkit.
Christian
