Garth Wallace wrote:
>
> "JTK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > jesus X wrote:
> > >
> > > Maybe he thinks Mozilla is actually an exercise in masochism, as opposed
> to
> > > building a great browser.
> >
> > You said it, not me. Three years and nothing even close to usable, let
> > alone Communicator 4.7x quality? You be the judge.
>
> Not close to usable? The copy of Mozilla that I use daily on my computer at
> work must be a figure of my imagination then.
>
No, just a figment of over-forgiveness. But ask yourself this Garth:
How does it compare in quality to, say, IE 5.x/Outlook Express or
Communicator 4.7x? I mean, there's got to be a reason why Netscape
still has 4.77 available for download on Netscape's site, right? Why do
you think that is?
> > > If we were all masochists, sure, then we'd take
> > > the most complex route possible.
> >
> > Done and done, no? What's would be more complex than reinventing your
> > own controls?
>
> Further evidence that JTK has very little programming experience.
>
Hehehe, yeah, you just keep on tellin' yourself that. Someday you might
actually believe it!
Though you do have a point, albeit minor. Sombody could have decided
that a cross-platform web browser wasn't possible unless they wrote
their own device drivers (interpreted-from-ASCII of course, somehow) for
any hardware used by it. That would be more complex, granted.
> > > Since we're not (the majority at least),
> > > he's just without a clue.
> >
> > Or without an ulterior motive, or an axe to grind, or a religion.
>
> Then why do you keep trying to convince people to give up on Mozilla? For
> your own personal amusement?
For my own amusement?!? What kind of ghoul do you think I am? No
Garth, I "keep trying to convince people to give up on Mozilla" (a gross
mischaracterization of my position BTW) because what's being done to it
is sickening to me, and to the legions of other once-Netscape users who
will never use Mozilla. Mozilla is being 'kept alive' on respirators
and feeding tubes while the carcass rots before my very eyes. There's
nothing left to give up on; Mozilla died three years ago, and all anyone
who points out that it's starting to stink gets is a blank stare at
best, strident "I like the stink!"'s at worst.
