Hi!
Freya wrote:
>
> Hi thanks for the super fast reply! :)
>
> > > It's certainly true that outlook express requires the rendering part of
> IE
> > > to be present on the machine (although not neccesarily the browser part,
> see
> > > win98 lite etc) but what I am really wondering, is can you start the
> mail UI
> > > without starting the Web Browser interface?
> >
> > Yes, you can do that. There's a command-line parameter '-mail'.
>
> Won't that still load the webinterface but just open the mail part? I've
> probably got a really dos/windows way of thinking here so please excuse me!
> ;)
It don't understant on what you call "webinterface" or "Web Browser
interface". Do you mean the GUI? The programming APIs?
> > > Also can you install say Gecko (the rendering engine) without installing
> the
> > > browser part of mozilla, and still run and use the mail part?
> >
> > Nope, this is currently not possible. But I think this is more a problem
> > of the install-script than anything else.
>
> Thats a shame because I notice that programs like Galeon say that you should
> be able to use your own mail program but it would be good if you could
> install moz mail as an entirely seperate application and it would detect the
> gecko engine and other things it needs, and you wouldn't need to install the
> browser interface.
> You know how some programs insist on c or VB runtimes but you can download a
> little version if you already have them!
That's what I mean with "system wide components". VCRUN and VBRUN and
MSHTML reside in the windows/system-directory, and every app can use
them, whereas Mozilla isn't really more than an application like
everything else.
> > One of the problems is that Mozilla isn't a system-wide component, so
> > AFAIK every program that uses it has to bring it's own
> > Mozilla-installation with it.
> However to be modular in this way, you really need to be able to install
> each bit seperately. Okay there are dependancies, most notably Gecko, but
> that's true of a lot of other applications out there, such as things that
> require MFC or VB runtimes, or even Java.
>
> So basically, you could install galeon or something similar, and then you
> could install the mail client without installing the Mozilla browser and
> they would both share the same gecko engine, and you could install Mozilla
> composer seperately and so on and so on. Basically you could pick and mix
> like chocolate! :)
If I understand you correctly, you want only ONE Mozilla installation on
your hard-drive at any time.
Then Galeon, Nautilus, Eazel, whoever it is, will just use this one
Mozilla, and not installs one itself. They just add components they need
to this single installation.
Christian
