> You mean Doom MXXXIV? No, I grew tired of fighting the exact same "Seargent"s
> with the exact same shotgun about thirty-six episodes into that "series".
Um, ya see, there are no "Seargent"s in Quake 3. It's an online game.
You kill other people. You need reflexes, skills and thinking to win.
You seem to be lacking in at least two of those departments
>
>
>>Not only is the UI custom,
>>but they went to the extreme for code portability. He wrote a virtual machine
>>for each platform, and then all the game and UI code is compiled at runtime,
>>like Java. Now, Mozilla didn't go that far because it doesn't have quite the
>>same scope,
>>
>
> Right, it has a much larger scope as far as UI is concerned. Doubt there's many
> tree controls of any type in Doom MMXVIIIXQ.
I don't think there is any 3d rendering engines in Mozilla. So what's
your point? They do different things. If Quake 3 was a web browser,
we'd have a comparison
>
>
>>but without a standard UI toolkit, the only way to create an XP app
>>it to either code it once for each platform, or create your own UI. THat's just
>>the way it is.
>>
>>
>
> Exactly, so why are you arguing with me?
Well basically, which do you think is a better way to do it. Make like
5 completely different sources for the app (one for each major OS), or
make 1 that is very easy to maintain?
>
>
>>Mozilla is hardly dead.
>>
>
> Sez ~0.2% of the browser market.
~0.2% of the browser market, considering it is not even a finished
product, and has no advertising, that ain't bad. How much market share
did Win 95 hold 6 months before it's release?
>
>
>>A $300 app was just released based on it.
>>
>
> Which app, why, and how's it selling?
>
> My God man, can you imagine how pissed you'd be if you plunked down 3 bills for
> a copy of *Mozilla*?!?!
See, Mozilla is a web browser. The framework under Mozilla, however, is
not a web browser. It can run many different kinds of applications.
Really, it can run anything you want it to. Ever play Unreal
Tournament? Ok, maybe you'll call that Unreal MMXXVIIIL or something
stupid because you are so far out of the industry you don't know
anything at all, but underneath Unreal Tournament is this thing called a
"3d Engine." Unreal Tournament uses it. Also, another game called Deus
Ex was made. It also uses the Unreal Tournament 3d engine. However, it
isn't Unreal Tournament. It's possible to reuse the underlying code in
an application to make another application, even one that does something
wildly different
>
> Ok, now you're just plagerizing the Java folks. "Wait 'til next year!"
>
I won't even answer because I have no idea what you are talking about
>
>>No matter what you hear, there's a group in AOL that is working on it for their
>>XP push, such as AOLTV and others. Every day new people come to the project to
>>help. It's hardly dead.
>>
>>
>
> Better off dead.
Really? So you'd rather see IE as the only browser? So what happens
when everyone uses only IE, and then MS says "Ok, you have to pay $50
for IE, or else no internet browsing for you".
>
>
>>And if you'll never use it, then why keep hammering at US to stop working on it?
>>
>
> I've explained that now like a dozen times.
Cause you have stock in MS and are thinking "Shit, they are making a
great product and it's going to be a huge smashing hit, and then I'm
going to lose money on my MS shares and I can't let that happen"? Do
you secretly love Bill Gates and Microsoft? Do you seriously envision
MS releasing a Linux version of IE any time soon? MS *Can't* release a
Linux version. They wouldn't be able to integrate it into the OS.
They'd have to *GASP* have COMPETITION!!!
>
>
>>Why not leave us alone to use it as we wish? What can possibly be in it for you?
>>If it's dead to you, and you'll never use it, why are you here?
>>
>
> Cause I'm pissed.
Go get a hooker and release some of that tension... if you can't
afford a hooker you can get some vaseline for like $2.00
>
>
>>Personally, when
>>I abandon a product, I generally let others who use it alone, and never think of
>>it again. I'm not constantly writing to Deltacomm to create a new version of
>>Telix, bitching and moaning all the way. What is the purpose of your constant
>>badgering here?
>>
>>
>
> I thought my no-nonsense, bottom-line input might make a difference, one way or
> the other.
Nope. Constructive critism makes people think. Saying "I don't like
how <feature> works. It should work like this instead:" will get
people to read. Saying "YOU SUCK!" makes people go "ok, bye now" and
killfile you.
Stupid people irritate me.
