RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Next Generation

[Michael E. <Mic...@il...>]

Amen brother! 

No argument here... Although we can be educated to, we cannot expect nor
demand which platform/browser our end-users choose. If our software is to be
taken seriously, and serve a broad community we must be reasonable about
which platforms/browsers we support. If you think I'm full of it, check the
browser/platform statistics at www.statmarket.com (don't rely on statistics
gathered by developer forums, they attract developers like us and are
typically not representative of our products end-users).

Mike Ellis

-----Original Message-----
From: .:: OCB ::. [mailto:oc...@ho...]
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 10:15
To: dyn...@li...
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Next Generation


Next generation ???

Would it not be a good idea to get the DynApi2 working in all browsers 
(basic methods, moveTo, event handlers etc; not wigits, IMO they take a 
backseat to basic functionality) before even discussing another generation 
of the API.

I haven't contributed anything in months (which is beyond my control) so 
feel quite apprehensive about posting this but again, IMO, it makes common 
sense to get the basic's of this project crossbrowser (NN6 included) and bug

free before launching into another generation of the API.

Flame away !!!!


>From: "Jared Nuzzolillo" <ja...@aa...>
>Reply-To: dyn...@li...
>To: <dyn...@li...>
>Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] Next Generation
>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:46:41 -0500
>
>I have a feeling that certain people are wanting to implement class-like
>inheritance because it is more familiar/comfortable to them.
>
>I strongly agree with Pascal. Prototype-based inheritance works 
>beautifully,
>and is native to javascript, so why would we want to enforce a different
>type of inheritance to use the API? Most dynapi users will at least be
>familiar with javascript, and may be expecting Prototype-like behavior.
>
>It's kind of like creating a number class instead of using built in number
>objects and primitive types. It's pointeless.
>
>As far as the class/prototype argument as to what Netscape says, the first
>line of this article:
>
>http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/jsobj/contents.htm
>
>reads as follows:
>
>"JavaScript is an object-oriented language based on prototypes, rather 
>than,
>as is common, being class-based."
>
>-jaredn
>
>
>
>
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