Re: User interfaces using XML

[Robert Atkey <roba dcs ed ac uk>]

One problem I see with your version is that the entire structure of the 
interface will be different if the user changes the XML. Your system only 
seems to cater for communication of commands from the interface to the 
application, making it unable to cope with things like switching off certain 
commands at certain times since the application and 'interface provider' will 
have no agreed way of accessing any particular element.

Mind you, if this problem could be resolved then the idea of different XML 
documents for different types of interface would be better to provide a closer 
fit to the actual interface shown. The casading stylesheet idea is probably a 
little to complex and unwieldy

Bob

PS Sorry about the delay in replying