Gautam Sarup wrote:
(I created my own Mac web browser in
about 15 minutes, using only tools included with the OS).
Amazing. Just writing an HTML parser can take several days
if not weeks. That leaves out the rendering engine, scripting,
security and more.
It's all there in the libraries. I just threw together the UI and added
a bit of glue code (not more than 5-10 lines of actual code). Not really
a fancy UI, and no real features, but it worked, and well. I still play
with it on occasion (Gonna add bookmarks one of these days)
But Window's issues are a combination of poor design on the DOS-derived
versions (95,98,Me) and the inherent compromises necessary in making the
NT-descended versions compatible with the DOS-derived versions (This
applies to both UI and API's).
That's one of the reasons why Windows has more market share than the
rest, possibly more than the rest of 'em combined.
Cheers,
Gautam
Indeed it is.
-Adam
