- From: Mark Birbeck <mark.birbeck@x-port.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:20:18 +0100
- To: <avernet@orbeon.com>
- Cc: <www-forms@w3.org>
Hi Alex, > XForms already provides a number of benefits compared to HTML > 4 forms on browsers, but would be even more valuable on > mobile devices (for instance: > less round-trips with the server, lesser need for JavaScript, > device independence). Definitely. > Despite the benefits, XForms on mobile > devices seems to be an emerging technology at best, with so > far only two major initiatives I am aware of, from IBM and > Oracle (see below). Fair enough...although I think it could take off quickly. > Are there other initiatives I am not aware of? I can only speak for x-port, and we are working on porting formsPlayer/Sidewinder to a number of mobile/embedded platforms. We've always believed that XForms' future is in making applications easy to build and deploy, and we believe it has a healthy future in anything from mobile phones to ATMs, to set-top boxes. So we are trying to move forward on a number of platforms. > More generally, what is the state of XForms on mobile devices? I think you will see rapid movement in this area, partly due to the points you make, about it being easier to build applications, and partly as a consequence of XForms on the desktop gaining momentum, which pushes the XForms story more generally. Regards, Mark Mark Birbeck CEO x-port.net Ltd. e: Mark.Birbeck@x-port.net t: +44 (0) 20 7689 9232 w: http://www.formsPlayer.com/ b: http://internet-apps.blogspot.com/ Download our XForms processor from http://www.formsPlayer.com/
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