Hi, I just stumbled over Mozilla Bug 50349 titled "Back Out XBL" that offers great insight into Mozilla's Extensible Binding Language (XBL).
If I may quote some highlights: David Hyatt: XBL is causing numerous problems including the death of babies. I ask you, how many more babies need to die before this bug is fixed? The only solution I can see is to cvs remove layout/xbl from the build. Blake Ross: I couldn't agree more. We already have XML, why the hell do we need this silly XBL junk also? Just mass change the "b" to an "m" wherever "XBL" is used, and problem solved. In fact, I'd even be willing to do the mass change. Just let me know. (Note that you could also change the "b" to a "u" to make "XUL", but changing to "m" would be easier because it's closer to "b" on the standard QWERTY keyboard) I may file a bug soon requesting that the use of XUL be removed, and converted to XML instead (U -> M) Ian 'Hixie' Hickson: 'u', 'b' and 'm' are equidistant on my keyboard; maybe I should do it instead? Ian 'Hixie' Hickson: VERIFIED. XBL is no longer there. (So why am I killing myself writing this UI spec, anyway??? Sheesh.) David Hyatt: content/xbl is something totally different. it stands for eXterminate BenGoodger Language It is something totally different... a lurking booby trap for the unwary. Alex Vincent: Well, if we don't back it out, we should at least rename it, I think. After all, when you put XBL, XUL and JavaScript together, you get an acronym or California license plate like "JS+XBUL". Which can spell out to "JuS+eXtra BUL". Bloatware? Full story @ http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50349 I guess that clears up the future of XBL. Any comments? - Gerald ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ xul-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-talk
