Re: They must think we're stupidª

Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: They must think we're stupidª

Author: Chris Hanson

Posted: 1/10/2000; 12:09:40 PM

Topic: Now it makes more sense

Msg #: 14307 (In response to 14293)

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MacOSX shouldn't be that difficult a port as it's already UNIX based.
People have been saying this a lot lately, but it's not necessarily true.
Mac OS X and Unix are only the same at the very lowest layers. For anything with a real human interface, they diverge greatly: Most Unix variants use the MIT X Window System for their interface, while Mac OS X has its own (extremely capable -- moreso than X-Windows -- but different) display and window system architecture. Since that's the part that a user interface deals with, and since a web browser is by definition a user interface...

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Author:	Chris Hanson
Posted:	1/10/2000; 12:09:40 PM
Topic:	Now it makes more sense
Msg #:	14307 (In response to 14293)
Prev/Next:	14306 / 14308