In article <742497912b2aacf771d7ff726b46a39e26601...@localhost>, Mike Hobbs <mike.ho...@antplc.com> wrote:
> Well, I don't know how many people are using NetSurf on each platform > but I ONLY use NetSurf on RISC OS because its the most useful and as > far as I know the only maintained browser for RISC OS. Sadly the number of users of NetSurf for RISC OS has nothing to do with whether it can be maintained. What counts is whether it has any developers working on it. For the last two years it has not had a developer. > Withdrawing support for RISC OS, to me, is crazy. It's certainly unfortunate for RISC OS, but if noone's willing to maintain NetSurf for RISC OS, there isn't an alternative. > There are already far more capable browsers for other platforms so I > never use NetSurf on anything other than RISC OS. I can't see my stance > changing at least until there is javascript support in NetSurf. If RISC OS support is removed from NetSurf, it would not stop users using the last RISC OS release. Also, it wouldn't stop a developer coming forward in the future, reinstating the RISC OS front end, and doing what's necessary to maintain it. Currently there is little advantage to RISC OS users in us keeping the RISC OS front end as it is anyway. Since the lack of a maintainer is impeding development of NetSurf's core, progress is stifled on all platforms, including RISC OS. Michael -- Michael Drake (tlsa) http://www.netsurf-browser.org/
