On Jun 10, 2011 7:50 AM, "Gabriele Biffi" <mlist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Most of the times, I see scripting languages used badly :-) > > I like Haiku because it's closer to the hardware than any other usable OS I seen. If parts of it starts becoming scripting languages, I don't see any reason to use it. > By that token, we should not have a web browser at all. JavaScript and HTML don't make good machine code, afterall. We should stick with good old compiled binaries. Lest nobody use the OS, that is. > > Why not ditch the whole GUI and have the browser the only running app, then? Think at how many several things will be easier... > > It's the same approach used by ChromeOS, and needless to say, I don't like it. > (As above) > I'm officially a Java developer with only a barely decent knowledge of XML, HTML and SQL, and I'm on a strict schedule, so you can guess how the final product is going to be. > Not to mention I've to deal with four different character sets. The developer implementing this is not you and not subject to your limitations. > The current optional packages are few, so everything could be fit in a small system-level database without needing Internet access. A local server and a local web browser do not imply or require internet access. The list remains local. That said, the optional packages work to slim down the image /because/ internet access is required; you have to download them from somewhere! :) - Dustin L. Howett