Be or not to be WML?

[Mars]

What do you think how long WML will live?

[something else]

wml will live untill net prices drop

[metulj]

What do you think how long WML will live?

not long enough to be worth to learn it..

[kevk3v]

Not too long lets say about 1 year untill all phones have wiffiii lol

[Mars]

I think WML is no longer relevant

[khan]

it will remain in those countries where net cost is high.

[Mars]

it will remain in those countries where net cost is high.

how to understand?

[something else]

Wml is only about 1 percent of all pages on the net ..... however wml is regarded closer to a true programming language than html, As wml can support variables such as setvar
and even support events such as timer Which Is heavily used on a lot of sites to make older phones (that only supported 10 cached pages) Stay On your Site By Forwarding The Phones Browser 10 Times To Different pages on your site. Making It impossible for people to leave your site by pushing there back button.

So Is wml as bad as everyone makes out?

[GumSlone]

for me wml is dead,
but i liked it more than xhtml/html,
probably because that was the first "programming" language which i've learned.

[honkytonkman]

for me wml is dead,
but i liked it more than xhtml/html,
probably because that was the first "programming" language which i've learned.

yeah..i also have the same feeling..
but xhtml is more easy to do
and by now is supported by all phones

[khan]

older phones not yet support xhtml.and wml is like that star in the sky that comes like rocket..will left like electric train.LOLZ..
And the countries still under developing,third worlds country like srilanka, Bangladesh, India bla bla bla... net cost is high.thats why wml is still alive.

[metulj]

older phones not yet support xhtml.and wml is like that star in the sky that comes like rocket..will left like electric train.LOLZ..
And the countries still under developing,third worlds country like srilanka, Bangladesh, India bla bla bla... net cost is high.thats why wml is still alive.

keepin WML alive just due to high net connection cost
is the biggest nonsense really...
properly(and yes... VALID !) coded site with XHTML
wont cause much bigger trafic than same code in WML...

the difference in trafic is so low it's not even worth to mention it really...

[something else]

Thats 1 thing your always hot on metulj .... Validating your sites

[ksg91]

Wml is only about 1 percent of all pages on the net ..... however wml is regarded closer to a true programming language than html, As wml can support variables such as setvar
and even support events such as timer Which Is heavily used on a lot of sites to make older phones (that only supported 10 cached pages) Stay On your Site By Forwarding The Phones Browser 10 Times To Different pages on your site. Making It impossible for people to leave your site by pushing there back button.

So Is wml as bad as everyone makes out?

it isnt a programming language but mark up language..

for me wml is dead,

gum, i was going to say exactly same sentance lol...

well, i never learnt wml and never gonna..

[metulj]

Thats 1 thing your always hot on metulj .... Validating your sites

well... validating site is very important...
imagine... w3c is WEB(and WAP) standard...
and while manufacturer make their phones...
they follow those standards when programming browsers for phones...

now... site which doesnt pass validation...

• it may show errors in phone browser(or it may cos problems to load, which is basicly the same)
• it will increase trafic for users
• it may load server a lot more than actually needed
• in worst case scenario, it wont be even displayed on some phones

now you tell me...
is it better to spend some time on validation
or is better any of above