Client Side XML Rendering of UIs

XML based definition of the UI in nothing new, but the problem is that there is no standard. There's XAML, XUL, WSUI and now even MXML...

Well according to this demo by Nik Khilnani of Funciton it is theoretically possible for the Flash to render the MXML on the client. Deng of course used to render XHTML and XFORMS but I've not heard anything about the project lately.

It would also be much faster to build applications using XML based UI definitions (I'm sure there would be those who disagree) and it may be a worthwhile exercise to explore if Flash really can be the rendering engine of choice...

Of course, ubiquity is what really what makes Flash an attractive proposition. 'Cause otherwise, there are already so many options available already (as the XUL aficionados will surely point out)

Posted by Navneet at April 13, 2004 04:21 PM | TrackBack | Comments disabled due to spam