ok, well, about the wml option being any different...
from my experience, the biggest difference in the speed a site loads is the images...
ie: if you have a 100KB+ animated logo, xhtml, or wml gonna crawl like hell cause it's got to load the logo before the rest of the page
(praise opera for sorting this out!!!)
and in my case connection speed.
(i've had wml pages time out too!)
Like sure there's a small filesize difference in code etc, but nothing major enough to jump for joy over...
then next, you get certain features that you just can't do with wml, like javascript n css, etc...
like i've been asked to port my site to wml... i'm like wtf? i coded it in xhtml cause as wml...
(no uploader, no javascript stuff, etc...) ie: most stuff i coded is rendered useless...
my solution: OPERA MINI!!! Works with xhtml n strips size down!!!
ie: wml pages in phone browser work out bigger than xhtml pages in opera normally cause of images...
Be or not to be WML?
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Originally posted by shad0w View PostWML will live at least 5 more years..
WML pages are loading faster on mobile phones than html/xhtml...
if you use simpe tags without styles etc the html/xhtml page will be smaller or of the same size like wml page.
so it doesnt make any sense to use wml.
take a look,
wml:
HTML Code:<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml"> <wml> <card id="main" title="Title"> <p> <img src="images/logo.gif" alt=""/> <br/> Your text here </p> </card> </wml>
HTML Code:<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Title</title> </head> <body> <p> <img src="images/logo.gif" alt=""/> <br/> Your text here </p> </body> </html>
html: 302 bytes only because of a bit larger header
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WML will live at least 5 more years..
WML pages are loading faster on mobile phones than html/xhtml...
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wml is good because when you surf wml pages no hussle specially wht phones lol i love wml cuz pages makes fast..
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ooooohh. this subj as old as my grandma...
certainly, wml will die.
but when - nobody knows
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Originally posted by something else View PostThats 1 thing your always hot on metulj .... Validating your sites
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
is it better to spend some time on validation
or is better any of above
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Originally posted by something else View PostWml 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?
Originally posted by GumSlone View Postfor me wml is dead,
well, i never learnt wml and never gonna..
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Thats 1 thing your always hot on metulj .... Validating your sites
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Originally posted by khan89 View Postolder 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.
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...
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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.
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Originally posted by GumSlone View Postfor me wml is dead,
but i liked it more than xhtml/html,
probably because that was the first "programming" language which i've learned.
but xhtml is more easy to do
and by now is supported by all phones
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