- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 17:24:38 +0000 (UTC)
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Didier PH Martin wrote: > > Having now done several rich internet applications I discovered that > form the practical point of view something like the CSS behavior as > proposed by Microsoft can help develop and implement most of the > requirements specified in your document about web applications. Indeed. The CSS and SVG working groups in the W3C are working on XBL2, which is a step on from Microsoft's HTCs. > e) Could lead to a business model if source code access can be > controlled. A new market of external widget makers can be created if > their asset can be protected. We saw such market happening with > powerbuilder, visual basicm etc. Personally I am opposed to technologies that make it harder to copy, tweak, or otherwise play with the source of applications. XBL, like SVG and CSS, will be a (theoretically) human-readable format. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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