> I am referring to your assertion that the impediment is programmers > who are inadequately competent to make their apps cross-platform > compatible. Please explain the rationale behind this claim. > 73, Dave, AA6YQ
Oh, that is easy. Three sources: 1. Programmers who have told me directly that they only know one OS, are not interested in learning any others, and refuse any requests to make their apps cross-platform compatible. 2. Programmers who have written cross-platform compatible apps who have told me of fellow programmers who fit category #1. 3. I know from my own very limited experiences in programming in the past -- I have forgotten more than I ever knew from disuse -- that it was an extra effort to provide for use outside of the most familiar context. Even my HTML is very primitive and I make little or no effort to provide for automated flexibility. I use raw hand-coded HTML and expect Web browsers to handle it correctly. I don't have enough knowledge, nor do I have the time to acquire it, to do more than that. -- Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Projects: http://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.com Personal: http://bibleseven.com Note: Both down temporarily due to server change. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
