Edmund Wong wrote:
Edmund,
A good explanation.
So, here's my question: Are there any Gecko alternatives out there that
aren't changing at a such a furious rate? Something to give us a
reasonable (and safe) SM but perhaps with a more consistent internal
interface that would be simpler to integrate with past versions?
There are a few Gecko alternatives out there (Blink, Webkit, just to
name two that I've heard of.. then we come to the murky-i-don't-know
territory that is Trident et. al). However, changing our interfaces
from Gecko to use anything else is just as difficult to do (and dare
I say, impossible given our resources (or lack thereof)).
And anyway, in this day and age, we live in an ever-changing
environment and thusly the backend would tend to change accordingly.
(There is a reason for it being called 'rapid release').
Because I don't like the impression I'm getting that the slope is rising
and that the trend is not in our favor!
The slope has ALWAYS been rising and until we find more resources to
flatten this slope by brute force *grin*, it's gonna be that way.
"not as much as a slope.. it's more close to a cliff than a slope."
:) (not really funny considering our predicament, but life's short..
gotta laugh at the steep/vertical slopes.. :D) [kinda taken
from "Bottoms" quote : "Steep? It's Effing Vertical!"]
Edmund
Okay, understood. Significant changes would likely mean a new project, with for-real
funding. Easy enough if you're a Google, I suppose, so it's really too bad I don't
care much for what they do. :P
Your work really is appreciated (speaketh the voice of frustration :).
Craig
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