On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 04:31:32PM +0800, Bamm Gabriana wrote:
> >So it wouldn't be bloatware if both the browser and composer elements
> >were large rather then a large browser element and a small composer
> >element (which, according to the above paragraph, is bloat)?
>
> If both navigator and composer were rather large and you
> have to download both or nothing, then that would be still
> be bloatware - because many megs were added without
> giving you a choice.
Right...
> On the other hand, if composer /was/ small, then Navigator
> may have been poorly designed for it to reach 10 megs on
> its own. Still bloatware - so many unnecesary megs.
7meg and that's a poor assumption.
> It would /not/ be bloatware if Nav were less than 5 megs,
> and each of the other components, no matter how large,
> were optional downloads.
They are. So we're talking about a 2meg difference here. And you're
attacking it from a point of ignorance (at least so it seems - if you
HAVE looked into mozilla, the way it's structured, organised, the code
involved etc then I apologise).
> >Yup. So the big question really is, why not take the browser.xpi and
> >split it up if it can be? If it can't be split up, how come? (general
> >question to one and all rather then one directly at you :)
>
> Um, wasn't that exactly the point of my post and Bundy's post
> also? It appears you now agree. :)
No we don't. :) He's saying Mozilla IS bloat and I'm saying 'it'd be
interesting to find out why the design decision that was made, was made
and wether or not it is useful to change it, and if not wha noty'.
I have a feeling he too is attacking it from a point of ignorance (same
disclaimer and offer of apology applies here).
> Let me add, no matter how small composer may be, it should
> still be placed in a separate module.
Maybe. It depends on wether or not it complicates things. Neither of us
know enough about the layout of mozilla code (again, that disclaimer :)
Hence the question.
Now we have two options:
1. we can continue talking out of our arses or
2. see what it takes to get a possible answer to the question.
I'm gonna see about #2. Dunno about anyone else.
Oh. And if browser.xpi CAN be split up further without complicating
things then I doubt it'll happen before 1.0 as it would entail making
a fsckingly big change that could break things.
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