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

En réponse à Joe :


>Firefox(for Linux) is around 7MB.
As Teoh explained already, to get it to only half the functionality of 
Opera (and don't think the additional functionality of Opera is 
unnecessary. I just *cannot* browse without mouse gestures anymore, and 
even tend to try and use them in environments where they don't exist ;)) ), 
you need to add extensions that add up rapidly to a few tens of MB. Compare 
that with the 3.5MB Opera takes (on Linux, 4.5MB if you choose the version 
statically linked to QT), and then Opera contains a mail client too! (not 
that I use Opera M2, nor do I find it necessary, but it tells you how much 
smaller Opera would be if it was only a browser! :) )

So Opera still wins in this matter.

>   It's also pretty damn fast, and
>versatile.
I tried Firefox, and found it slower than Opera and in general more 
"unpolished" (only a feeling, but feelings are important in the world of 
browsers). Since it hasn't yet reached the 1.0 milestone, I don't blame the 
developpers for it. On the contrary, they made a damn good job! :) But 
Opera is still better in my opinion (maybe Firefox will reach the same 
level later, but currently it's not ready yet to compete with Opera).

>   Also good for displaying several character sets at once.
Opera has no problem with that either, at least as far as I have 
experienced it.

>I'd like to recommend it.
I think it's a good recommendation, although the only advantage I see 
Firefox has over Opera is that it's Open Source and free (i.e. gratis). I'm 
stuck with Opera's ad-banner because I can't purchase by Internet (not that 
I mind it, I don't even see it :)) ), and being closed source we're at the 
mercy of the whims of the company producing it. But so far they have played 
fair and made a great job, so I don't mind that much. Opera obeys all the 
W3C standards better than any other browser around after all :)) . 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 :) .

Christophe Grandsire.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang. 

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