Cocoon
Posts: 49 from 2003/12/30
From: Tyneside, England
Quote:
tetuzo wrote:
The paihia project is an perfect example of re-coding existing amiga stuff.
Coders doesn't want a browser but their own browser.
Why not just helping AWeb team, the only open-source amiga browser???
Why are we writing our own browser and haven't joined one of the porting teams?
1. Porting a visual application or library such as Mozilla or KHTML has never been done before, despite many attempts. Nobody is sure that it's even possible.
2. Paihia is a lot smaller and faster than Mozilla and KHTML.
3. The leadership and overall direction of the Amizilla project seems disoriented and confused. Progress reports are few and there seems to be an information black-out whenever anybody asks about the status.
4. AWeb/KHTML seems rather well organised, but then, see (1).
5. Programming and designing new code is more fun than porting.
There is simply no quick route to a web browser with proper support for modern web standards. Things are going to be difficult and complex and timetaking either way you try it.
The simple fact is that our way is certainly no more timetaking than a port.
A quick risk/benefit analysis concluded us to start work on Paihia. Other people decided on a different route, but even had we all joined forces regardless, then even with an extra dozen manhours per week, with the cost of coordination and management of the project it wouldn't make masses of difference.
[ Edited by smithy on 2005/6/25 12:19 ]
