That's why we have the forms-jig, to hash these issues out. :) On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Sebastiaan 'CBAS' Deckers wrote:
> Hello, > > IMO, the forms JEP are incredibly simplistic. > I honestly don't see how one could build a decent form (I mean the layout) > with the scheme you suggested, only a long list of input fields/boxes/etc. > Why shouldn't Jabber use XHTML/CSS to display forms? That way it fits into > Jabber's XML tags and we can guarantee forms will look (almost) identical on > every user's display. > > btw, why don't you include an editable pull-down box in the JEP? (I wish > they had put them into the HTML spec!) > Oh, I think you left out file-selection boxes ... those can be quite useful. > > Bye, > Sebastiaan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Saint-Andre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 5:48 PM > Subject: [JDEV] forms > > > > As I was taking notes at JabberCon, one theme that kept popping into my > > mind was the need for strong forms support in Jabber. Just as the World > > Wide Web consisted mostly of reading hyperlinked documents (albeit > > eventually with some flashy graphics and multimedia stuff) until web > > developers figured out how to offer interactive forms and therefore > > "weblications" like searching the web and ordering books online, so I > > think Jabber will consist mostly of IM (and a few related applications) > > until we have Jabber forms that will enable developers to create more > > robust "Jablications" like _______ (you fill in the blank :). > > > > I don't have any answers or specific proposals to offer, but I'd certainly > > like to get the discussion going. Ryan Eatmon put together a proposed spec > > for Jabber forms a number of months ago, and even converted it into JEP > > format, but there's been minimal discussion of it and I think that's what > > we need to move forward. The JEP can be found here: > > > > http://foundation.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0004.html > > > > More specifically, I'm wondering if there is value in looking at the W3C > > spec for XForms. Here are some links of interest for that angle: > > > > http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/2001/09/05/xforms.html > > http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/2001/09/26/xforms.html > > http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xforms-20010828/ > > > > There are 12 people on the forms-jig mailing list and 1050 people on the > > JDEV list. I invite those of you who are interested in building more > > advanced data interchange over Jabber (as opposed to simple IM) to join > > the forms-jig list so we can kick-start this discussion: > > > > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/forms-jig/ > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
