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Re: Help System recommendation

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In article <hbk4e7t9ehdpv8kn0s3l8sd4urhn2i29i1@4ax.com>,
 Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:05:46 -0500, "John B. Matthews"
> <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
> said :
> 
> >
> >> Is it just me or is it odd that they aren't gradually updating 
> >> JEditorPane to accomodate newer versions of HTML?
> >
> >Pure speculation: I'm guessing the developers see diminishing 
> >returns on trying to support a browser-in-a-box, when the component 
> >level support is good enough:
> 
> I first took your post to mean the claim JEditorPane was stalled was 
> speculation. However, now I think you meant "diminishing returns" was 
> speculation.

Exactly. I originally wrote, "Pure speculation on my part," but 
shortened it as too wordy. Concise became elliptical. The colon was 
meant to introduce an appositive independent clause, but an "—" (em 
dash) might have been more clear.

> The HTML that JEDitorPane supports is pretty primtive and fragile and 
> it has not changed in years.
> 
> It is also very slow.  I think for any volume, you want ot fire up a 
> browser to render.

Yes. Primitive, fragile and slow; but perfect for enriching the odd 
explanatory dialog.

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

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Help System recommendation Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-08 14:45 +0000
  Re: Help System recommendation "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-12-08 20:37 -0500
    Re: Help System recommendation Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-09 05:24 +0000
      Re: Help System recommendation "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-12-09 12:05 -0500
        Re: Help System recommendation Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-09 10:25 -0800
          Re: Help System recommendation "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-12-09 22:31 -0500
  Re: Help System recommendation Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-09 06:30 -0800
    Re: Help System recommendation Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2011-12-11 16:03 +0000
      Re: Help System recommendation Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-12 03:36 -0800
  Re: Help System recommendation Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2011-12-22 11:27 -0700

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