On Sat, Jul 17, 1999 at 05:06:02PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I also think we could expand this base a lot if pre-compiled DOS and/or
> > W32 binaries were easily available.
>
> I think people using binaries aren't very likely to contribute.
Maybe in raw percent, but the actual use would go up so much, the number of
contributors would grow.
Second, there are many kinds of contributions I see useful beyond actual
code, like documentation, translations.
Of course, the structure of Mutt makes it hard for someone who can't code to
contribute. (Which was part of the incentivce for my earlier efforts with
scripting languages)
As for why may people like pine, esp, ISPs, I think it related to a personal
pet peve of mine about mutt:
No per command help, mini-menus if you will.
My experience with Apache/Gui-dev showed that even expert users drop into a
'dummy' mode when doing something they do rarely. IMHO, the 'help'
functions of mutt are basicly pretty bad and that hurts the broader use
base -- if were an ISP, I'd never consider mutt as the default reader.
The ablity to have min-help/menus but only turn them on when you need them,
OR in a novice mode, I think, would answer the 'pine challege' quite nicely.
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