[ros-dev] Wine Gecko

[Sven Barth]

On 27.10.2010 18:37, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> Op 27-10-2010 18:06, Zachary Gorden schreef:
>> Probably will be in the future. Only reason it wasn't was because I
>> was not aware of the concern, the component wasn't listed on any of
>> the packaging pages as should be included, and none of the testers
>> pointed out a desire for it. One of the devs says he suggested this a
>> while ago, but I had no awareness of the suggestion.
>>
>
> I'm a bit surprised this Gecko engine download is present in phase 2
> rather than inside the downloader application in phase 3 as some kind of
> 'recommended addon'.

It might be, because that's part of the "COM registration startup" of 
the mshtml DLL... (just guessing here)

> (and it wouldn't hurt to have that Downloader program as a desktop icon
> either just like CMD, so people know where to go first instead of being
> confronted with a fresh OS that can't do much yet, and then having to
> hunt for 'how can I get more programs when not even a browser is
> present'..they'd have to search the start menu for this Downloader
> program which is hidden among quite a few other programs).

The last time I looked at my ReactOS 0.3.12 desktop (1 minute ago) I saw 
a "ReactOS Anwendungsmanager" (free translation: "ReactOS Application 
Manager") which is that downloader.

Regards,
Sven