- From: Robert Accettura <robert@accettura.com>
- Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 15:44:33 -0500
David Hyatt wrote: > There are other steps. Specifically XUL. What do you think Firefox is > written in? Personally I think XUL is far better for building desktop > apps than any XForms + SVG solution (e.g., XForms is constrained from > really bringing richness to the desktop by the desire to remain > device-independent). But what are the odds of standardizing XUL? It's sometimes rather hard (despite XUL perhaps being the better technology) to convince management to invest development in something that: 1. Isn't considered a "standard". 2. Isn't supported by all major vendors (Microsoft being key). Listing on w3c.org gives us geeks much more leverage when proposing what technology to base a new project/product. Not to mention, I have read a few complaints regarding XUL's performance when run remotely... though Mozilla has gotten faster over time, and I'm not really sure what if any improvement XForms + SVG would have. IMHO when it comes down to actual business application of the technology: standardization is becoming more important. -- Robert J. Accettura robert at accettura.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: robert.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 131 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/attachments/20050109/57aad4d2/attachment.vcf>
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