[Python-Dev] Python sidebar for Mozilla/Netscape (original) (raw)

David Ascher DavidA@ActiveState.com
Thu, 04 Apr 2002 16:03:43 -0800

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Mark> I wrote a cute little Python sidebar for Mozilla/NS6.

I saw all the other responses so far, and while it looks cute, I can only think of two reasons to use Mozilla/NS6: testing for compatibility and escape from MS.

That's probably due to a misunderstanding. The Google toolbar for IE is darned useful, even if it's only for IE. It's like saying that writing platform-specific applications is cute and everything should be based on posix only =). Mark's sidebar is not a server feature, it's a client add-on. I agree that server features which require a particular browser are of limited interest if you don't have a particular audience in mind who has that browser.

OnTopic: If a brave and generous soul set up lxr, bugzilla, and tinderbox for Python, I expect we'd find more Python users using Mozilla =).

--da