[wellylug] Need to write a program for os x and Linux

Wed Mar 2 07:12:48 NZDT 2005

Hi,

Would you please not send HTML to mailing lists?

Mailing lists are archived, and are a major source of solutions people turn 
to.  HTML is more difficult to search & index - some of the characters are 
expanded in non-intuitive ways.  Also, HTML takes up more space, and I would 
argue uselessly - the information is in the text you write.

As well, HTML is a security risk.  Many mail programs don't display it, and 
many people set their mail programs not to display it.  I'm generally 
comfortable with anyone subscribed to this list, but that doesn't guarantee 
that a Trojan won't make it's way in.  I always have to stop and inspect the 
source before displaying HTML.

So it's not a huge deal, but it is a real inconvenience, and somewhat 
inappropriate given the intent of mailing lists.  Of course you may do as you 
wish, but please consider this.

Regards,
Bret

On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:52, Mark Signal wrote:
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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> Hi&nbsp; Andrej<br>
> <br>
> Its for commercial use and Qt's pricing would make the project
> uneconomic.<br>
> <br>
> thanks<br>
> <br>
> Mark<br>
> <br>
> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
> href="mailto:andrej at paradise.net.nz">andrej at paradise.net.nz</a> wrote:
> <blockquote cite="mid1109617867.42236ccb9f94b at www.paradise.net.nz"
> type="cite">
>   <pre wrap="">Quoting Mark Signal <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
> href="mailto:mark at remote-assist.co.nz">&lt;mark at remote-assist.co.nz&gt;</a>
>:
>
>   </pre>
>   <blockquote type="cite">
>     <pre wrap="">Hi
>
> has anyone got any suggestions on an ide that I could use to write a
> small utility with a nice user interface that could compile on both OS X
> and Linux?
>     </pre>
>   </blockquote>
>   <pre wrap=""><!---->
>
>   </pre>
>   <blockquote type="cite">
>     <pre wrap="">I would rather not use Java and would prefer something
> with training wheels (eg -usable by a non programmer - like visual basic)
>     </pre>
>   </blockquote>
>   <pre wrap=""><!---->Qt ... :)
>
> Even though the non-programmer bit doesn't QUITE
> apply - it does have a Gooey designer, though.
>
>   </pre>
>   <blockquote type="cite">
>     <pre wrap="">free would be nice but is optional :)
>     </pre>
>   </blockquote>
>   <pre wrap=""><!---->I don't know what the license for the Mac would be,
> but since X11 and Windows (for non-commercial development)
> are free I'd hope MacOS is too ...
>
> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
> href="http://www.trolltech.com">http://www.trolltech.com</a>
>
> Heh - it is indeed (for Open Source)
> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
> href="http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/opensource.html">http://www.trol
>ltech.com/products/qt/opensource.html</a>
>
>
>   </pre>
>   <blockquote type="cite">
>     <pre wrap="">cheers
>
>
> Mark Signal
>     </pre>
>   </blockquote>
>   <pre wrap=""><!---->Cheers,
> Andrej
>
>
>   </pre>
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