Re: OT: CXS chart and machine-readable Unicode->CXS mappings

En réponse à H. S. Teoh :


>Yep, sometimes I get angry at IE because mouse gestures don't work. :-P
Personally, I get angry at IE because it crashes on half the sites I try to 
connect and always takes the whole computer with it :)) . At least when 
Opera crashes, it doesn't destabilise the OS, and when I start it again 
it's nice enough to propose me to restart where I left :) . The result is 
that I haven't used IE for months :) .


>Which is why I actually went and *bought* the ad-free version of it. I was
>so impressed by the lightweight yet high-quality app that Opera is, that I
>felt I should financially contribute to the developers to continue working
>on it.
I would do it if I could :) .


>Yes, in an ideal world, Opera is GPL'd. :-)
Hehe :) .


>And yet some misguided IE aficiandos(sp?) complains that Opera's rendering
>is "odd" or "ugly".
Oh, I heard that too. And then pointed out that it's IE which is the odd 
and ugly one here :)) .


> > Still, I'd be happy if someday they would make Opera Open Source (I'm
> > sure many people would love to see Opera's rendering engine and how it
> > does its wonders in so little place :)) ), if possible under the GPL :)
> > .
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>
>Somehow I don't think this will ever happen. But of course, nothing stops
>us from wishing for it. :-P
Well, don't be so sure. A few years ago, people said the same about 
Netscape. And everybody knows what happened :) .

>But on the flip side, I'm not so sure if you'd *want* to see the source
>code... I have this nagging feeling that it's not as pretty as one might
>imagine.
Well, for the little experience I have (but I'm gaining programming 
experience everyday :) ), a well written program will usually result in a 
smaller executable than a poorly written one. That doesn't prevent "dirty" 
tricks and bold moves, but those are not necessarily ugly :)) .

Christophe Grandsire.

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