I’ve spent more time with other media than print lately, but this article on XML.com, Printing XML: Why CSS Is Better than XSL, is well worth the read. I have no opinion of XSL-FO as a print formatter, relative to for instance Postscript. What […]
Category: Technology
HTML withdrawal
Yesterday I finally left the HTML working group. While it was a recent discussion that made me ask myself what was the point in staying, I have grown more disenchanted over the years. Unlike some I don’t agree that XHTML 2.0 is an unmitigated […]
Gadget disk
Saw that Virgin had made an iPod competitor, and the low weight was welcome. But the reason I have never considered an iPod applies to this thing too. I don’t care about PC synchronisation, I care about phone synchronization. A 5GB external harddisk/MP3 player […]
On WAP and Web: A matter of weight
One common statement from the WAP advocates (who, like the World War I veterans, are getting fewer by the year) is that WML is a more compact language than (X)HTML. Not so. It is a simpler language, you don’t need an as advanced browser […]