Re: XML again

[John R Sheets <dusk smsi-roman com>]

allen rouse wrote:
>         Sometime ago I posted a suggestion about using XML ideas (very wishful
> thinking) to replace the current GUI technology.

How would that even work?  XML is good for data handling, but
controlling a GUI?  I missed your initial post, so I can only
guess.  Do/did you mean use XML (or something similar) as a
protocol for passing messages between GUI components, e.g. click
events, sizing info, drag & drop?  Wouldn't the overhead
potentially make the GUI sluggish?

>         I have recently come across a certain company's web site. The comapny
> has sumbitted a proposal to the W3 Consortium for using XML as a
> 'medium' for communication between a web client and an ORB. Kind of cool
> stuff.

That does sound interesting.  Do they intend to implement it too?

John