A lot of opinions.

[Myrddin Emrys]

On Sunday, Jan 12, 2003, at 15:04 Canada/Eastern, Patrick Armbruster 
wrote:

> Hmm... How so? I mean, we know that it's like that, both because
> OmniGroup always told us so and maybe because we've done it ourselves
> once or twice. But Apple does nothing like saying "You can make simple
> apps like Safari yourself with our developer tools!". The opposite is
> true, they act and think they've got some killer apps with the iApps
> and _are_ attracting users with them.
>
> Also, I don't think people - like myself - who posted about using the
> KHTML source thought badly of OW's interface. We just weren't talking
> about it at all, because this was about implementing either the KHTML
> engine or WebCore from Apple directly. The interface was clear to stay
> OmniGroup's OmniWeb (or rather an updated version of it).
>

I see your point that those who have coded apps would definitely know 
the reasons behind iApps but not everyone in the list or in the 
community has a clue. A few on the list were comparing the GUI of 
Safari and OmniWeb, I should of phrased the both statements better, for 
that I apologize.

Yes, Apple is using a two pronged attack, one promotion for those in 
the know and one to stimulate use of their products.

Standards are the real enemy of the paradigms that exist in the 
industry, and promoting standard tool kits is a win-win situation for 
both sides of the 'user' coin.

Again, I support OmniGroup's decision to utilize the khtml engine, and 
I look forward to using a real and productive web browser.