System 6 Browser Development Opinions

[porter]

Yes, still working on it when I find the time.

 

[MrMacPlus]

Yes, still working on it when I find the time.

Any chance we can get an early build?

 

[porter]

Yes, still working on it when I find the time.

Any chance we can get an early build?

It's not pretty to look at, lot's of debug tracing etc. It's built from the bottom up, so not useable as a browser, but just rendering stage to do. It's going to sound awful, but I'll try and make a Christmas present of something to see.

 

[MrMacPlus]

Do you have a name for it yet? I have a suggestion: 6Browse.

 

[porter]

Do you have a name for it yet? I have a suggestion: 6Browse.

Very close!!!

I'm calling it "Browser6" at the moment.

 

[MrMacPlus]

Do you have a name for it yet? I have a suggestion: 6Browse.

Very close!!!

I'm calling it "Browser6" at the moment.

maybe even 68rowse :b&w: 1337

 

[porter]

maybe even 68rowse :b&w: 1337

Oh, I thought it should be

68000-AAAA030000000800-06-0050

Which is CPU, IP SNAP, TCP packet type, then port 80.

 

[barana]

*sneeze* pardon me. is that sleigh bells i hear? ;-D

 

[MrMacPlus]

Will it be able to open local .html files? I recall one browser that wouldn't let you do that.

 

[porter]

Will it be able to open local .html files? I recall one browser that wouldn't let you do that.

What is the creator/type associated with HTML files?

 

[MrMacPlus]

Will it be able to open local .html files? I recall one browser that wouldn't let you do that.

What is the creator/type associated with HTML files?

I didn't think html files had resource forks... When I get back on my PowerBook 3400 I'll take a look.

 

[MrMacPlus]

Okay, I'm on the slow 3400c. Netscape saves html files with type TEXT and creator MOSS.

I don't know what the point of this is.

 

[porter]

I don't know what the point of this is.

It's

(a) how the finder opens files by determing which application to use

( B) how the application decides what type of file it is

So, say a browser is told to open a file of type 'TEXT', what is it expected to do? A reasonable thing is to show all the raw HTML as just text, because that is what open a TEXT file means.

In order to keep this thing simple, I don't want it to have to delve into a file to try and determine what type of data it contains.

 

[MrMacPlus]

why not have it trust the file type (extension)?

 

[porter]

why not have it trust the file type (extension)?

You don't want a Macintosh application then? The Macintosh approach is that file extensions are for Neanderthals. The file type is held within the finder info, not the name of the file.

Browsers themselves shouldn't give too hoots about file extensions as they go by the Content-Type HTTP header field.

 

[barana]

porter, is browsersix supporting inline images, or calling an externat da/app?

 

[porter]

porter, is browsersix supporting inline images, or calling an externat da/app?

I'm only supporting GIFs at the moment. I'll look at the possibility of PNG once the rendering is done.

 

[ChristTrekker]

I'm only supporting GIFs at the moment. I'll look at the possibility of PNG once the rendering is done.

If you had to go one format only, I'd say let it be PNG. GIF is a dinosaur. Does anybody really make new images in GIF format?

 

[~Coxy]

Unfortunately yes. Doubly so if you have to support IE6 visitors, which is still a large portion of web users.

 

[porter]

If you had to go one format only, I'd say let it be PNG. GIF is a dinosaur. Does anybody really make new images in GIF format?

Many website banners are GIFs.

Like this one ...

... and this