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Sunday, October 22, 2006
More on WICD
I previously wrote a brief note about WICD Mobile 1.0, advanced Web support for mobile devices.
Paddy Byers at Open Gardens explains that WICD-M actually encompasses also XMLHttpRequest, which I initially thought was left out.
Quote: The WICD Mobile variant is essentially just a profile, demanding certain XHTML and CSS capabilities, certain SVG capabilities, and certain DOM and scripting capabilities including XMLHttpRequest.
He highlights SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) as a way to enhance the user experience and as an alternative to Flash Lite.
He still believes Flash Lite has a lot going for it compared to SVG, due to good tools, and that it's already supported by some mobile browsers and by some phones. Certainly Flash Lite is not that much deployed. I'm sure there are way more applications using advanced graphics made in Java ME than Flash Lite. Just look at the mobile games market.
Whatever the potential of SVG, I think WICD-M could help a lot as a base for future mobile browsers, when we now leave the "crippled at birth" WAP/WML technology once and for all behind us.
WICD mobile: MashLite?
(via CEO's Mobility Weblog)
Paddy Byers at Open Gardens explains that WICD-M actually encompasses also XMLHttpRequest, which I initially thought was left out.
Quote: The WICD Mobile variant is essentially just a profile, demanding certain XHTML and CSS capabilities, certain SVG capabilities, and certain DOM and scripting capabilities including XMLHttpRequest.
He highlights SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) as a way to enhance the user experience and as an alternative to Flash Lite.
He still believes Flash Lite has a lot going for it compared to SVG, due to good tools, and that it's already supported by some mobile browsers and by some phones. Certainly Flash Lite is not that much deployed. I'm sure there are way more applications using advanced graphics made in Java ME than Flash Lite. Just look at the mobile games market.
Whatever the potential of SVG, I think WICD-M could help a lot as a base for future mobile browsers, when we now leave the "crippled at birth" WAP/WML technology once and for all behind us.
WICD mobile: MashLite?
(via CEO's Mobility Weblog)
