what is this language??

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December 23rd, 2001, 01:55 AM

yourgodrey

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what is this language??

I heard of this I think... does it have to do with cell phones? if so why does it have to have a seperate lang for itself? also where can I find some basic tutorials on it? does anybody know if they are compatible with all cell phones all over the world?? thanx alot

December 23rd, 2001, 03:07 AM

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WAP=wireless application protocol, the protocol used to transfer data, like HTTP in web pages FTP in file transfer, SMTP NNTP etc
WML=Wireless Markup language, an implementation of XML for WAP enabled devices, superceding HDML. Browsers are beginnig to understand CSS now also. WMLScript is WML's client side scripting language.
Some links

http://devforum.openwave.com/
http://www.wap.com
http://www.wapforum.com

As for compatabilty it is much better than standards compliance on the web, but with new technologies it's starting to get tricky again

Older devices can only understand HDML, ignore them like you would NN users

Last edited by mitsubishi : December 23rd, 2001 at 03:09 AM.

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