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I wonder if *all* trolls are misogynistic, offensive chauvinists?
Best to stay away from bridges, I think.
Amy!
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:13:27 -0400 (EDT)
Gerald Bauer <luxorxul@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Don't worry, I won't linger. Allow me to break the
> latest news from the JavaWon 2003 Dev Pow Wow as
> reported in the XUL News Wire story. Here we go:
>
> Amy Fowler (a blond bombshell working for Sun if I
> dare to say (*)) wrote a whitepaper titled "Java
> Desktop Network Components (JDNC): Boosting
> Interactivity and Productivity at the Same Time" for
> the new javadesktop.org site (part of the new java.net
> Sun Community initiative).
>
> Amy kicks off the paper with a Jakob Nielsen quote:
>
> "Billions of dollars are wasted every year in lost
> productivity as people wait for Web pages to perform
> duties that could have been handled better by a 1984
> Macintosh-style graphical user interface application."
>
> and jumps in:
>
> <quote>
> The problem is that the primary content delivered
> to browsers is HTML, a markup language that wasn't
> designed for implementing user interfaces. In the
> early days of Web applications, users were so enamored
> with the basic capability of accomplishing tasks from
> their browser that they put up with the archaic "get a
> new page on every click" user model. But the Web isn't
> new anymore and for many applications, users want the
> degree of interactivity they get with traditional
> clients. Web application developers have tried to
> mitigate the inherent limitations of HTML forms by
> using technologies like JavaScript and dynamic HTML to
> achieve higher degrees of user interaction, but have
> discovered the end result to be unwieldy and
> challenging to maintain as the complexity of the
> application grows. There has got to be a better
> option.
> </quote>
>
> You've got it babe. Check out XUL.
>
> Believe it or not Amy comes up with a different
> answer. Guess what?
>
> <quote>
> What do we need to break the HTML browser
> application juggernaut? Java.
> </quote>
>
> Come again, Sweetie.
>
> <quote>
> Leveraging XML for Configuration. JDNC defines a
> simple XML schema for configuring JDNC components for
> desktop clients. What sets this apart from other
> XML-based UI technologies is that it is neither a
> toolkit-level markup language, such as XUL, nor a
> general purpose markup language for Swing, such as
> SwingML. This is not to say that these technologies do
> not have their place, but the primary design goal for
> JDNC is simplicity. The JDNC configuration schema sits
> at the application level, which enables developers to
> more quickly construct Java desktop clients precisely
> because the schema is less complex. It leverages
> Swing, but does not require the developer to have
> expertise in either GUI programming or Swing.
>
> The schema will enable a solid range of sensible
> layout capabilities without providing the infinite
> layout options of layout managers. Does this mean that
> some clients cannot be constructed using JDNC? Yes,
> and that's exactly the point. JDNC guides the
> developer by narrowing the choices to a well-honed
> subset of what's possible. Those who need finer
> control and flexibility can already use Swing or one
> of the general purpose markup languages to build just
> about anything.
> </quote>
>
> I hear you.
>
> And here's how JDNC looks like:
>
> <jdnc-app>
>
> <data id="bugdata">
> <source url="bugs.txt"/>
>
> <format mimetype="plain text">
> <columns>
> <column id="bugid">
> <link>
> </column>
>
> <column id="priority">
> <integer minimum="1" maximum="5"/>
> </column>
> <column id="date">
>
> <date format="EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z
> yyyy"/>
> </column>
> <column id="state">
> <string>
> <values>
>
> <value>dispatched</value>
> <value>fixed</value>
> <value>closed</value>
> </values>
>
> </string>
> </column>
> <column id="synopsis"/>
> <columns>
> </format>
>
> </data>
>
> <table id="bugtable" sortable="true"
> draggable="true" grid="true">
>
> <statusbar/>
> <rows margin="20">
> </rows>
> <columns>
> <column dataref="bugdata.bugid" label="BugID"
> alignment="center">
>
> <sample>8888888</sample>
> </column>
> <column dataref="bugdata.priority"
> label="Pri">
> <sample>1</sample>
>
> </column>
> <column dataref="bugdata.synopsis"
> label="Synopsis" editable="true">
> <sample>This bug is bad and I want you to
> definitely fix it!</sample>
>
> </column>
> <column dataref="bugdata.date"
> label="Dispatched">
> <format>MMM dd, yyyy</format>
> </column>
>
> <column dataref="bugdata.state" label="State"
> editable="true" alignment="center">
> <sample>dispatched</sample>
>
> </column>
> </columns>
> </table>
>
> </jdnc-app>
>
> Sun plans to roll out an early Beta in fall under an
> open-source license on javadesktop.org
>
> Let's welcome Sun to the world of XUL.
>
> Full story @
> http://www.javadesktop.org/articles/JDNC
>
> - Gerald
>
> PS: (*) Sorry, if anyone feels offended. I'm just
> playing with Sun's latest marketing push using blond
> bombshells. Check out the Christina Aguilera promo @
> http://java.com/en/explore/mobile/christina.jsp
>
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Amelia A. Lewis amyzing {at} talsever.com
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earthbound misfit, I.
-- Pink Floyd
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