> XAML works for web UIs, of course. As far as I can rember Microsoft show off a Amazon XAML demo at the Longhorn developer conference last fall in Los Angeles.
I'll have to investigate that. The next web browser is not Internet Explorer anymore but Windows Longhorn itself. OK, but that seems like it'll be years before webmasters are going to be motivated to publish a website targeted to just a single OS. >Looks like a good choice. Maybe your styling format needs a compact non-XML syntax alternative? Possibly, but I don't really think so. Ideally, the styles would be defined by a nice designer UI. > Again, the standalone browser is dead. In the new world the desktop OS is the browser. I think that's, what's the expression, burying the body while it's still twitching? Something like that. Ultimately, yes, I think you are right. But I think this is a long, long ways away. >Well, my worry is that because the next browser is the desktop OS you will also get DRM (digital right management) e.g. for every XAML "web" page you can state if anyone is allowed to print it and how much it will cost you, to cut-and-paste or look at your markup code, to save it, when it expires, and so on. DRM per se is not evil but when Microsoft controls the desktop they surely can and will abuse it to nickel and dime you to death, for example. Ah, ok. However, the customer will have an interesting choice, because unlike taxes, you'll be able to choose sites that don't utilize XAML. Really, I just don't get the feeling that HTML, DHTML, CSS, etc., is going to go away anytime soon, regardless of what Microsoft wishes. There are a lot of sites out there running on non-MS servers. What would motivate them to change to XAML? Especially if they want to offer their customers a non-DRM-taxation browsing experience? I honestly don't think MS could get away with that, but I may be wrong. Marc ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 _______________________________________________ xul-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-talk
