RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Next Generation

[Cameron H. <ca...@bi...>]

It is quite frightening to know that 5 people in the world are using MSIE
1.x ;-)

I mean, has anyone even seen IE 1???

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dyn...@li...
> [mailto:dyn...@li...]On Behalf Of Raymond
> Smith
> Sent: 30 January 2001 05:50
> To: dyn...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Next Generation
>
>
> Carefull if your using the "sample stats" from there.  They date back to
> 1999 and reflect an older reality.  Most recent browser stats I have found
> are at www.thecounter.com.  From October 2000.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Ellis" <Mic...@il...>
> To: <dyn...@li...>
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 2:53 PM
> Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Next Generation
>
>
> > 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/con
tents.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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