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* '''"Worse is better"'''. The effect of waiting on a fix for a platform bug can delay progress indefinitely. Contrast the success and general utility of Firebug, which has essentially followed the "worse is better" approach, to DOM Inspector, which has generally held off on development until a "proper" fix has been made. When Sepsis runs into one of these kinds of dependencies, it takes the "worse is better" path to make sure the approach most useful to users is available to them ''right now'' while waiting for things to be ironed out elsewhere. (Note, there are restrictions on this. See [[#Code_standards|Code standards]] below.) | * '''"Worse is better"'''. The effect of waiting on a fix for a platform bug can delay progress indefinitely. Contrast the success and general utility of Firebug, which has essentially followed the "worse is better" approach, to DOM Inspector, which has generally held off on development until a "proper" fix has been made. When Sepsis runs into one of these kinds of dependencies, it takes the "worse is better" path to make sure the approach most useful to users is available to them ''right now'' while waiting for things to be ironed out elsewhere. (Note, there are restrictions on this. See [[#Code_standards|Code standards]] below.) | ||
== Survey | == Survey == | ||
At this time (2013) DOM Inspector and Venkman are languishing and on life support, respectively, but can still address the needs of their users where they are capable of doing so. | At this time (2013) DOM Inspector and Venkman are languishing and on life support, respectively, but can still address the needs of their users where they are capable of doing so. | ||
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A component dedicated to being an interactive JS console is non-existent. With some pain, the Error Console or the "Evaluate JavaScript…" dialog from the DOM Inspector's "JavaScript Object" viewer can made to do what needs to be done. Accordingly, the status in this area has a ranking of '''JUST AWFUL'''. | A component dedicated to being an interactive JS console is non-existent. With some pain, the Error Console or the "Evaluate JavaScript…" dialog from the DOM Inspector's "JavaScript Object" viewer can made to do what needs to be done. Accordingly, the status in this area has a ranking of '''JUST AWFUL'''. | ||
== Project status == | == Project status == | ||