I think the intent is that Mozilla is supposed to be packaged and
shipped by third party. If I was to package Mozilla for Microsoft
Windows here's what I would do:
1.) Install Mozilla as a signel exectuable
2.) In the start menu (or desktop or where ever) have the following
links:
Web Browser - "C:\program files\Mozilla\mozilla.exe"
Mail - "C:\program files\Mozilla\mozilla.exe - mail"
News - "C:\program files\Mozilla\mozilla.exe - news"
Chat - "C:\program files\Mozilla\mozilla.exe - chat"
With the option of the links I don't see the point of changing the
code.
Leibowitz N
James Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> dman84 wrote:
>
> I've heard that the issue is that those things really rely on a lot of
> > code that is currently in the browser portion.. which is really the glue
> > for it all.. I dont think it is an easy task to get rid of the browser,
> > but keep the others. The current codebase really is not that large, and
> > there is alot of work being done trying to optimize for
> > performance/memory size and kill all that is not needed anymore, many of
> > the bugs do not have patches ready, but are getting there, finding it is
> > half the battle.
> >
> > -dman84
> >
>
>
> I see the point, but that's letting a codebase get in the way of
> consumer demand. The customer doesn't care whether the codebase for two
> different programs is identical or not. If a user wants to have
> Chatzilla and Mail and Mozilla as separate programs, in this day and age
> where hard drives are 40GB minimum, I think we should give it to them.
> If a regular user goes looking for a free mail client, they should be
> able to find "Netscape Mail" as a standalone client. Even if all you do
> is hide the features to the browser, Netscape Mail and Mozilla in
> general would probably see more usage if they were offered separately as
> well as integrated into the Mozilla suite. Indeed, we may well GET users
> by first hooking them with Mail and then convincing them to "unhide" the
> browser in their software. It's all about marketing the same codebase as
> multiple products, and then offering one, optimized and integrated
> solution: the current Mozilla codebase.
>
> James
