Aye :D Scott. (I'll compile a reply when i get some time tonight :D)
"Viktor Radnai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Scott, > > Couple of things I'd add. An XHTML/CSS alternative frontend would > probably work in PDAs as well. I'd like to have a HTML version of the > site if possible, for when I'm too lazy to install Flash on my Linux box > (that's right, I still haven't gotten around it, will do it soon), and > for my venerable Pentium 133 laptop with its 256 colour 800x600 screen, > where a Flash animation would prolly slow things to a crawl (heck, it's > a crawl already most of the time). Not to mention Lynx / Links (yes, I > do sometimes use it, and I know, I'm a freak :)) > > Anyway, I would even consider coding the HTML frontend (although I know > that any promises I make now will probably result in vigorous > self-administered banging of head against hard object later) > > Toby suggested that you generate XML content instead of HTML. If you do, > I'll attempt to make an XSLT stylesheet for converting the XML into > XHTML (like Kai aka 'the German guy' suggested). XSLT is already on my > list of things to learn and this sounds like a worthy cause. > > I can also make a nice CSS stylesheet, especially if I'm allowed to rip > off some colours from the Flash frontend to work with. > > About the mailing list... I've still got severe interface poisoning from > using the Lyris webGUI at MXDU. I'd wager that it would be easier to use > a news (NNTP) client to pull messages from Lyris, and then parse the > results. Alternately we would most likely find a ready made news client > a la CFPOP either for CF or Java. The webGUI hideously maims every > single piece of example code and also shows up multipart email messages > twice (shiver). I suspect it would be considerably harder trying to > parse its output. > > But the mailing list can be left for later. Better to get the site up > first and then add features than to fall victim to feature creep right > at the start. > > Whaddayathink? > > Vik > > > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
