[Dynapi-Dev] Mac DynAPI issues and Netscape 6 Discussion

[Liam C. <met...@ma...>]

I don=B9t usually have much time to contribute as the discussions mainly take
place outside my time-zone but Cameron Hart is on holiday, so here goes:

I too am a Mac'o'phile and have been hanging out here for some months.

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you can see what Cameron and I have done with it at http://www.e4.com/
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Unfortunately lack of IE5Mac JS developer related material has slowed down
my many efforts to improve the DynAPI in this direction, and for the worlds
betterment.

Cameron and I have been mainly concerned with IE5Mac and NN6 lately:

1) Getting LoadPanel and ScrollPane working - particularly capturing onLoad
events, and applying this to the getContentWidth/Height problem (thanks to
Michael for this).

2) Investigation the extent of actual DOM support and the event model using
Brainjar's DOMviewer.

3) Checking and testing the core.api functionality to make sure it is
rock-solid in IE5Mac/NN6 without interfering with the other browsers.

4) Extending common widgets.

So far we are at the very much branched code stage of just trying to get
things working, the successful route appears to be to treat IE5Mac as a
variation of NN6 due to its DOM support, but it too has its rendering
idiosyncrasies (see http://developer.apple.com/internet).

Netscape on Mac is just fine - one in favour in the recent browser support
discussion, along with the fact that IE5Mac, whilst Microsoft, might just a=
s
well be made by a 3rd Party.

This is a professional effort, and whilst I know the DynAPI already has som=
e
fantastic effects built in (looking forward to playing with the anims), a
stable core.api is what we are working towards for the next few months.

I'd like to place offer my support with Ryan and other Mac developers - mak=
e
yourself known.=20

If I can help test others ideas on the Mac side, I am more than happy (we
have a full test suite inc. OSX). Will keep you posted on our own
developments of course - time is the enemy, not each other/browser
developers.

Full Mac compatibility in the core will make the DynAPI truly
'cross-platform' - and I for one would like to see what some of my
creatives' can do with it (you'd be surprised how many a happily embracing
programic animation in Flash without thinking they are getting technical!)



Liam
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"Everything in moderation ... including moderation"

pgp on request