At 2:53 PM -0500 6/17/2009, Kris Tilford wrote: > >A long time ago (meaning I don't know if this is currently true, I >hope not?) I manually striped the language resources from Webkit and >it destroyed the ability to search within Safari, and some versions >wouldn't even launch after removal of some languages. I filed a bug >report on this phenomenon, and very quickly I got a super-rude reply >from a Webkit developer saying "who did I think I was to 'lobotomize' >their code" and "why should ANY software that's been manually >'butchered' by a user be expected to function normally"?
While I cannot comment on what code was or was not included with the localizations,,, I agree with the sentiment. Developers work hard to produce *working* products. Having a user lobotomize them intentionally is just bad juju. Then there's the horrible support problem... As to the need for localization code... I can think of quite a few reasons for it. Depends on the languages involved - quite a few are not simple word-for-word substitutions to engrish. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
