From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FAKE_REPLY_C, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d0a15c81dbb968cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-18 05:17:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!opentransit.net!wanadoo.fr!freenix!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Best option for portable GUI? Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 07:12:42 -0600 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: Reply-To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1042895580 61859 137.194.161.2 (18 Jan 2003 13:13:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 13:13:00 +0000 (UTC) To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" Return-Path: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33174 Date: 2003-01-18T07:12:42-06:00 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric G. Miller" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: Sent: January 18, 2003 5:17 AM Subject: Re: Best option for portable GUI? > In article <3E284969.85FF8394@easystreet.com>, achrist@easystreet.com wrote: > > "Robert C. Leif" wrote: > >> > >> This is now becoming feasible. The next portable GUI should employ XForms. > >> For Windows this can be downloaded from http://www.formsplayer.com/ > > > > The site says that the client uses the web browser. This is ok, > > but it says for Windows use IE 6. > > > > What other browsers work with XForms? > > XForms is still just a candidate standard. However, my take is XForms > is a a better HTML forms method, but not necessarily rich enough to > specify a general GUI. I could be wrong... > XForms is not just for GUIs -- it's for UIs. E.g., the UI could be aural instead of visual, or it could be for touch-tome telephones as a UI device. It's not ready for prime time, but it's an idea whose time has come. It's main idea seems to be the separation of data, presentation and logic. > -- > echo ">gra.fcw@2ztr< eryyvZ .T pveR" | rot13 | reverse > _______________________________________________ > comp.lang.ada mailing list > comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org > http://ada.eu.org/mailman/listinfo/comp.lang.ada > >