> Using the R5 format and being able to read the Dano format puts us in > the best situation of course. This way we're universally compatible :) > > > But since our aim is compatibility with R5, I would still > > think the R5 message format is preferrable on disk. > > Agreed. I'll include the R5 reader/writer into Message4 now and then > finally commit that thing. I'm very happy with the conclusion of this discussion. To further confirm our findings: I am switching between R5 and ZETA constantly, and I have linked the R5 settings folder for the Vision IRC client to the ZETA settings folder, and now I lost all my Vision settings. I guess it used BMessages. Under ZETA, Vision read the settings ok, but saved them in ZETA format. On R5, the settings were seemingly corrupted and got replaced with default values... > As a status update: Message4 can now be delivered inside Haiku. It's now > in a working state and can be used in a drop-in manner. Cool! I'm looking forward to this! Nice work. Best regards, -Stephan