Interviewed by CNN on 05/07/2011 14:44, J. Weaver Jr. told the world: > Rufus wrote: >> Robert Kaiser wrote: >>> Rufus schrieb: >>>> I got that a *long* time ago...in point of fact I knew that going in. A >>>> Mozilla based app is clearly *not* what I'm asking for >>> >>> And it's outside the abilities of the SeaMonkey team to produce a >>> non-Mozilla-based app, so please just let this thread end. >>> >>> Robert Kaiser >>> >> >> I doubt that...I've got all sorts of faith in your abilities. If your >> resources are limited, that's something else altogether. > > ...so, volunteer. It sounds like you've got more interest in seeing this > happen than everyone else here put together. So, DO IT. We've got all > sorts of faith in _your_ abilities. ;) -JW
I had a bit of an inspiration regarding this discussion. In the end, it all hinges in different definitions of "Mozilla," "Browser," "Mozilla product", "Seamonkey" and such. Most of us here define those things from the inside out. Rufus looks at the surface only. - We consider a product a browser only if it has its own browser engine. - Rufus does not care about browser engine; he makes no distinction between browser and shells. - We consider something a "Mozilla product" only if its built on Mozilla technology. - Rufus considers something a "Mozilla product" if it has the appropriate name slapped on top. - We look at the Mozilla project and see the underlying technology. - Rufus looks at it and sees product branding. - We define Seamonkey at least in part through its genealogy and evolution, that is, as the successor to the Mozilla suite and Netscape. - Rufus looks at it and see a browser and an e-mail client tacked together. By *our* definitions, it's impossible to make a iOS version of Seamonkey, because we can't use the most essential piece of the Mozilla technology, that is, the Gecko engine. Without Gecko, it's no longer Seamonkey, period. By *his* definition, only the surface matters, so it should be possible to build an entirely new, superficially similar but technologically incompatible product and slap the "Seamonkey" label on top. And yes, it might be possible to build such a browser-plus-email combo for iOS, building on top of the native Webkit. Only this would bear no resemblance to a Mozilla or Seamonkey product, on several levels. Even the surface (the user interface) would necessarily be different from the desktop product; touch-and-physics interface in a small screen is fundamentally different from point-and-click in a big screen. Look at how little the Mobile Firefox UI resembles the desktop Firefox UI. Some other team might be interested in doing such a project. From what I have gathered here, nobody at the Seamonkey team is. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Amstrad PCW. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.1 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
