Lessons learnt from been an integrator
rrobbes
rrobbes at info.unicaen.fr
Wed Aug 25 21:24:32 UTC 2004
This might be redundant by now, but I too think it would
be a great move forward to include OmniBrowser.
I might have to rework a bit since OB has changed since,
but the last version of services I did added refactorings
to OmniBrowser, so not all fonctionalities would be lost ...
Cheers,
Romain
Avi Bryant a écrit:
>
> On Aug 25, 2004, at 6:22 PM, Colin Putney wrote:
>
>> I'd like to know what the community thinks about this. Is the default
>> browser painful enough that we should replace it ASAP, even if that means
>> delaying new features? Or is the default browser good enough that we
>> should keep using it until OmniBrowser represents a substantial
>> improvement?
>
> My vote: replacing the default browser with OmniBrowser, even with short
> term loss of functionality, is absolutely the right thing to focus energy
> on for now. I say this because OB (in its simple form, as a framework for
> browser building, rather than with all the extra stuff I know you're
> planning) is an enabler for all kinds of cool work. Shout, Traits,
> Monticello, Chuck, and no doubt lots of other projects we don't know
> about, would benefit from having the lower levels of OB solidly in place -
> and neglecting them to work on the higher levels is an opportunity cost.
> It's an effort multiplier thing - first get rid of the bottleneck of the
> standard browser so that everyone can play, then go off and do the fun
> stuff (while watching everyone else do fun stuff on top of the basic OB at
> the same time).
>
> My 0.02 EUR,
> Avi
>
>
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