Re: Is WAML the new XUL/XAML?

Gerald Bauer wrote:
>   "It is much a 'XUIL' as XHTML. More so, in fact, by
> design."
> 
>   "I don't really understand the term 'XUIL', though,
> it's a bit like 'UUIL' ('Unicode User Interface
> Language') or 'UILUET' ('User Interface Language Using
> English Tags') -- highlighting one minor aspect of the
> language to  the exclusion of others."
[Quotation above added.]
[Snip.]
>   Hear. Hear. Wasn't Mr. Ian "Hixie" Hickson the
> leading advocate for using the XUIL acronym here on
> xul-talk?

    I think it would be a bit more accurate to say he was an advocate of 
NOT using "XUL" as a generic term. He probably doesn't remember actually 
suggesting the acronym "XUIL".

 > Is WAML the new XUIL?

    I don't understand the question, especially regarding "the", since 
it is clear that no one was suggesting using the acronym "WAML" to 
replace "XUIL".

    As for whether WAML is A new XUIL, Ian clearly stated in the same 
email you quoted from that WAML will simply be part of the next version 
of HTML. The idea is that HTML itself will become more like a basic XUIL.

    A good question is whether giving HTML more XUIL-like features makes 
HTML an XUIL in itself. If that's the case, HTML widget programs like 
Apple's Dashboard may become the dominant web applications platforms.


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