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In a message dated 11/5/99 10:32:23 PM !!!First Boot!!!, jelks@j... writes: << Comparing [x]HTML to WML -- 5 years down the road when phones are using real web browsers that can hit pages written for *everybody*, where do you think WML is going to be left standing? [x]HTML obviously has a future. I'd be cautious about spending much time with WML unless you absolutely *have* to author for these current-generartion crippled 9.6Kbps (GSM) and 14.4Kbps (CDMA) devices. I've played around with the "Wireless Web" on one of the new SprintPCS dual-band Touchpoints, but I found it extremely painful -- and you can only read the "special" WML or HDML pages >> Well one of my last jobs was built using XML -> WML only because it was the only solution in that the parties didn't want to throw in alot more money for Palm devices, a case study here: http://www.digitalanywhere.com/casestudy1.html Thanks for that link, it was a very good insight! There was alot to be pointed out notably that WMLScripting is VERY platform dependent on what device you are using. For example there are no calls to: device://AddressBook?type=add&name=... If this were the case with any language then it would make Palm programming and other device programming alot more simpler, wouldn't one think? Thank god for something like the W3C or else there would be ALOT more of a mess out there when it comes to wireless connected devices. It still seems though as if WAP is off and running... - Jon xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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