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  1. Re:Self-Inflicted Wound by RickHunter · · Score: 1 · on Web Standards Project Blasts Netscape

    I do use Mozilla daily. On both this machine (600mhz & 128 megs RAM) and my older one (166mhz & 32 megs RAM). The older one has to run Aphrodite, but with that it runs just fine. Seriously, Aphrodite fixes a lot of the problems with Mozilla. And its a package, not a skin (IIRC), so it doesn't inherit a lot of the problems of the current interface.


    -RickHunter
  2. Selected good links from the article by freddie · · Score: 3 · on Game Development in Mozilla

    xmlterm - The most advanced gui available? Allows you to switch from gui mode to cli mode within the same window without having to use the mouse. Pretty amazing.


    Script Editor
    - Another example of mozilla put to good use.

  3. Re:Be careful... by PD · · Score: 4 · on Game Development in Mozilla

    "As farAs far as I know, Javascript 1.5 has no capabilities to directly access the information on your harddrive, other than saving cookies and possibly files. as I know, Javascript 1.5 has no capabilities to directly access the information on your harddrive, other than saving cookies and possibly files."

    Javascript can do file I/O in Mozilla. Take a look at this link

  4. Re:Sweet... by Darchmare · · Score: 2 · on Mozilla M16 Gets Alpha Channels

    I've read/heard all of this before, mostly in the Mozilla UI design newsgroup. I'm pretty familiar with the arguments.

    However, when pressed, the main Mozilla folks will blame it on lack of funding for native user interfaces. I'm not sure how designing custom UI widgets is more cost effective than using native UIs, but if this is true then the blame goes to AOL for letting their lack of funding ruin the direction Mozilla's UI has gone.

    If they don't want to fund it, don't. At least it won't sully the name of Mozilla with a usability nightmare of a user interface.

    Besides, the whole "Web browser as a platform" story is a joke. Frankly, I'd much rather have a decent web browser first. As much as I respect the O'Reilly people, they sure picked the wrong thing to compare Mozilla to. Java apps are notorious for less than acceptable user interface design (yes, even w/Swing).

    And no, I'm not talking out my ass. :> In fact, the article you reference even links to a skin that originated from yours truly (since taken over by a very talented guy by the name of Pete). So yeah, I'm somewhat familiar with the technology behind Mozilla's skins/chrome.


    - Jeff A. Campbell
    - VelociNews (http://www.velocinews.com)

  5. Re:no "what's new" in README... by Raven667 · · Score: 2 · on Mozilla Milestone 15

    I don't know about 1 and 2 but for the rest, these are already implemented.