Re: IIGS Graphical Browser?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <1996Nov28.181054.47157@yogi.urz.unibas.ch>,
 <gudath@ubaclu.unibas.ch> wrote:
>In article <57iiq0$meu@crl13.crl.com>, dastar@crl.com (Sam Ismail) writes:
>> on software projects all the time, and I usually have a good estimate
>> for the completion time of my projects.  I guess that means I'm a better
>> programmer than Nathan (but I knew that already anyway).  Of course,

>Hmm, if I remember correctly, Nathan is writing real software and does not
>bother with MS Word 6 macros and similar large-scale projects.

   Oh, the splatter on the roadside that's Ismail spoke? Typical. He's
clueless to the end, but since all he's got is flames and not real
code, if he did get a clue, he'd realize he should shut up.

   For those of you too stupid to read what's publically available on
GS/TCP, you'll note that Derek Taubert is doing most to all of the
work.  This includes the GS Web Browser. He is doing this in his spare
time, and in the past 6 months, has dealt with a graduate school
thesis project, finding a job in the real world, moving to where the
job is, and all other sorts of projects.

   My role in GS/TCP and such is mostly in helping debug the thing; I
have not written a single line of code for either GS/TCP or any WWW
browser. My work in debugging has found bugs in the Finder, the OS,
GNO/ME, and the like.  Given that (1) I have to find bugs first, (2)
once a halfway repeatable bug is located, debug code which isn't mine,
I have no hard and fast schedule. "Fix all bugs in GS/OS before lunch"
does not cut it. At work, Adrenalin Entertainment, we do have
schedules.  When you're writing all the code from scratch, you have
that luxury.

   I do have some plans for more regular programming on the
GS. However, I will not announce anything until it's confirmed
precisely what I'll be doing, and the feasibility of it. As I've spent
many 14+ hour days at work recently, this other project will be on a
"when it's done" schedule also.

Nathan Mates

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