Very curious. First, are you on PPC? We don't at this time support ppc macs. If on intel, please confirm and we'll see what's goin on.
Well, Lloyd, I guess that would be the information I was looking for. Yes, I am, indeed, on a
PPC and not
Intel. Gee, I'm really bummed about this. Is there any plan to support
PPC? I'm really getting annoyed at all of the new software releases coming out now that ignore
PPC's for
Intel only. I don't know the exact number of those of us out there but I would have to think we're still a fairly large group.
But, seriously, besides my gripe about commercial apps not including
PPC's in their revisions, I do have a problem with this as it pertains to overall compatibility on the web. It's hard for me to justify including a new technology like this in my future web apps if so many browsers, OS's or architectures will be left out. I mean, I thought that was the whole point we have all been trying to make with applications on the web. A place where we can write once and distribute to everyone regardless of the machine or OS they are using and to try and make the user experience as seamless as possible.
Early on,
Microsoft was constantly rebuked in the press and elsewhere for not simply sticking with basic standards (such as
CSS,
JavaScript, etc.) but, instead, trying to do "enhanced" versions of those technologies that would only work in
Internet Explorer.
As a developer, I have to try and pick a technology that will work as seamlessly as possible on the web for at least 90% to 95% of those on the web. That's been a burden sometimes as I would excitedly discover some new, cool library or utility that could add some great new features to my sites or web apps only to find out that it would only work in one or two browsers and, thus, reluctantly have to skip it.
One thing I have really liked about your
YUI work is that you have taken such a great effort to make sure everything works for as many people as possible. Now, I do understand there are differences in code generated on different architectures and you're relying on what the web browser developers give you. I just want to make sure we in the web app community don't start imitating the software developers in the desktop community who choose to drop certain platforms, etc., simply because they want to focus on the latest and greatest or as a method to "encourage" more and more users to "upgrade" to the new technology. I can understand if it's a serious financial difference, I just hope it's not simply for convenience on the part of the developers. That's all.
Mike
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