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Hi Simon,
Simon said:
There is, of course, a cycle. Web designers don't care about XML since
the browsers don't support it in forms that are easier for them -
learning XSLT is kind of a bother - so browser vendors can say they
don't support it because nobody cares.
Inertia is great stuff.
Didier replies:
I agree with that. Inertia is great stuff especially when you reach the
mainstream. XSLT is not used a lot because it means learning a new
programming language (even if it is based on XML it is still a
programming language to be learned). For a lot of developers, using a
well known server side programming language is a lot easier and a more
controlled environment than using XSLT. If the mass didn't moved its
because there is no actual pain that would motivate them to move or that
the actual tools are satisfying enough for the tasks to be accomplished.
A kind of pain that could eventually motivate developers to use a
content distribution architecture based on XSLT transformation is to be
forced to publish the same to TV set top boxes and to PC screen.
However, if HDTV monitors make it to the market, the resolution
difference is minimal.
An other kind of pain would be that finally mobile small screen devices
take off. I am not talking here of the primitive first generation phone
screen but more of the palm or pocketPC size. Maybe this will force
content publishers to think of economical ways to publish content.
Finally, if Databases vendors include efficient XML engines in their
offer, XSLT may find its way to transform data documents into rendering
documents. Especially if there is an incentive to publish to multiple
devices with different resolutions (like the palm/pocket PC phones and
the 4:9 TV sets)
Cheers
Didier PH Martin
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