- From: Steven Dale <sdale@stevendale.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 17:27:14 -0400 (EDT)
- To: <jim@e-media.co.uk>
- Cc: <sdale@stevendale.com>, <foliot@wats.ca>, <accessys@smart.net>, <Kurt_Mattes@bankone.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Jim Ley said: > "Steven Dale" <sdale@stevendale.com> >>We are not talking about programs here, we are talking documents. I >> think this is the crux of the scripting problem. A WEBPAGE IS A >> DOCUMENT NOT A PROGRAM. > > Unfortunately that is not true, HTML forms for example are not document > orientated, and many, many webpages are not document orientated, they're > just using a document format, Sure it's not the original purpose of the > format, but it's what's being used. XForms webapps etc. are some time > away, I'm only at this minute sitting in the meeting where a WG to look > at it might come from, but until then everyone uses HTML + etc. for > webapps, we need to help people do it accessibly. > >> If you want networking applications, write a program. > > Sure in javascript+html > Ok what exactly is a webapp? What program would you write using javascript+html? All I hear from this list is that we need it to do fancy rollovers and dynamic menuing, Partial page updates, form validation. Are these webapps? I dont think so. Ok to firm up my point. Have you used Instant Messaging? That's a networked program, not a web app. Sure there are some web interfaces to IM but they are interfaces not programs either. -Steve
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