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From: Dale Stanbrough <dstanbro@bigpond.net.au>
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Subject: Re: XML GUI, was Re: Best option for portable GUI?
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tmoran@acm.org wrote:

>   Pardon my ignorance, but can you draw real-time moving images
> with XML?  For instance a picture that morphs between dog and cat
> as you drag the mouse left and right?  Or does GUI mean essentially
> text and static images?

<transition>
   <morph>
      <from dog>
      <to cat>
   </morph>
</transition>

Of course XML doesn't draw anything. It specifies things.
Apple have used PDF as the specification language for their interface.
Why not XML?

dale