Re: [semi-OT] Apple's Help Viewer: a note to the frustrated
Re: [semi-OT] Apple's Help Viewer: a note to the frustrated
- Subject: Re: [semi-OT] Apple's Help Viewer: a note to the frustrated
- From: Gregory Weston <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 07:36:43 -0400
On May 8, 2004, at 5:34 AM, Gwynne wrote:
As of Panther ... Help Viewer seems to use exactly the
same engine for rendering as Safari 1.2, which means that it supports
full HTML 4, XHTML 1.0/1.1, CSS1/2, JavaScript, and all the other
goodies. It is my opinion that anyone who requires Panther should take
advantage of this capability in Help Viewer....
"Should" is an interesting word. You're essentially recommending that
we use an undocumented API. It may be convenient, and it may very well
be that the lack of documentation is either an oversight or a lack of
resources in Cupertino but the fact remains that until and unless it's
documented it's not supported. Ain't nuthin' sayin' that what you
observed in Panther is true on my machine or will remain true in Tiger.
While I suspect this is probably safe, it's not unheard of for Apple to
deploy something for their own use and then kill it because it turned
out to have unforeseen issues. People who discovered and took advantage
of those facilities screwed their customers.
G
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