Hello, Vic Cekvenich (of the world's first Struts book fame) has written an article for the Server Side titled "Rich Internet Applications (RiA)" and kicked off another round of discussing the world beyond HTML.
Full article @ http://www.theserverside.com/articles/article.tss?l=RiA Konstantin Ignatyev, for example, comments: XUL pushes limits further, but still it is much less powerful than good old XWindow. Have you noticed that XWindow engine happily runs UIs written with Swing, QT, TCL/TK etc.? And certain developers consider different UI frameworks to be most convenient for _them_, so any attempts to standardize UI creation with XUL are doomed because of human nature. Hell IT fails to stick even with HTML/JScript specs! My point: there is a definite need for Rich applications on demand, but XUL is not the answer, more precisely it is lame answer that might succeed for a while to be replaced by more logical solution. It is like giving a shovel (XUL) to a man who digs with a stick (HTML), but he really needs a ‘bobcat’ (probably next generation of XWindow). Ongoing discussion @ http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=2813 - Gerald ------------------- Gerald Bauer XUL Alliance | http://xul.sourceforge.net United XAML | http://xaml.sourceforge.net Interested in hiring Gerald Bauer? Yes, I'm available. If you know of an opportunity in Toronto or Vancouver, please contact me today. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ xul-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-talk
