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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,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 21:03:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!news.mailgate.org!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Best option for portable GUI? Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 21:02:46 -0800 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="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1042952578 64288 137.194.161.2 (19 Jan 2003 05:02:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 05:02:58 +0000 (UTC) To: "'comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway'" Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Envelope-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal 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:33194 Date: 2003-01-18T21:02:46-08:00 " 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..." You probably are. Since XForms can work with both XSL and SVG, it has a = very rich environment. It is much more than "a better HTML forms method". It includes most of the required functionality supplied by JavaScript. The other required functionality should be supplied by Ada. XForms is a candidate recommendation, which usually means that it will = have very few changes prior to becoming a W3 standard. Bob Leif -----Original Message----- From: Eric G. Miller [mailto:felix@calico.local]=20 Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 3:18 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Best option for portable GUI? In article <3E284969.85FF8394@easystreet.com>, achrist@easystreet.com = wrote: > "Robert C. Leif" wrote: >>=20 >> This is now becoming feasible. The next portable GUI should employ XForms. >> For Windows this can be downloaded from http://www.formsplayer.com/ >=20 > The site says that the client uses the web browser. This is ok, > but it says for Windows use IE 6.=20 >=20 > 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... --=20 echo ">gra.fcw@2ztr< eryyvZ .T pveR" | rot13 | reverse