[Mozile] Mozile and Dojo

[James A. Overton]

For the last couple of months I've been writing JavaScript code on  
contract. Most of that work has involved the Dojo toolkit (http:// 
dojotoolkit.org/). I've been mulling over the possibility of merging  
Mozile into Dojo, and I wanted to hear what the members of the list  
think of the idea.

As I see it, these are the pros and cons.

Pros:
- Take advantage of a bigger development community.
- Get the benefit of a large library of functionality, including GUI  
tools and a fancy packaging system.
- One-stop-shopping for developers trying to build complex pages,  
including editing plus other functionality.

Cons:
- Porting would be a fair bit of work up-front.
- Requires a license change.
- Dojo is one of many JavaScript toolkits, and everyone has their own  
favourite.
- Mozile + a toolkit will be more heavy-weight than Mozile alone.

I haven't made a decision one way or the other. I'm just thinking it  
over. And I'm sure there are advantages and disadvantages I haven't  
considered.

What do you think?

James