TommyBee wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Asa Dotzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>>TommyBee wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>TommyBee wrote:
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>>>>>- Why isn't Composer a separate module? I have a feeling that very few
>>>>>people are going to use Mozilla / Netscape for page editing, and even if
>>>>>separating Composer doesn't offer much in RAM or hard disk usage
>>>>>savings, doing so would at least make Mozilla that much less cluttered
>>>>>for those who choose not to install Composer.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Composer gives both the browser component and the Mail/News
>>>>component the ability to use forms, so it's needed for that.
>>>>
>>>I don't recall Netscape 3.x Standard having a problem with forms, and it
>>>certainly didn't have a full-fledged web page composer built-in.
>>>
>>This is not Netscape 3.x
>>
>
> Wasn't saying that. Just saying that at the time it was (or at least
> seemed) possible to have forms work without a web page composer.
Then think of it like this. It isn't the forms that depend on the
composer code, it is the composer which is a byproduct of having decent
html forms. The browser requires code for making text fields. That code
was designed as a general purpose editing module which could alos be
used in an html composer or a mailnews compose window.
--Asa
