Mozilla Starts Work On XForms

AnamanFan writes "The Mozilla Foundation, with Novell and IBM, announced the formation to implement the W3C's XForms 1.0 Recommendation on the Mozilla platform. XForms is the forms module in XHTML 2, developed by the W3C. The project enables developers to deliver the type of next-generation, rich, portable web-based applications desired by corporate IT. Is this one step away from the corporate world's dependence on ActiveX? We can only hope."

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The truth is out there

[Motherfucking Shit]

The project enables developers to deliver the type of next-generation, rich, portable web-based applications desired by corporate IT.

Also, it renames the Start menu to "I Want To Believe," and installs a hot wallpaper image of Gillian Anderson. Oh, wait, X-Forms..?

In other news...

[Capt'n Hector]

In other news, Microsoft announced today that Longhorn's internet browser will be powered by Mozilla.

Please?! I for one don't mind if they keep their source closed. Just use the damn code, and we can all be standards compliant for once.

Re:What's really new in XForms?

[spiff42]

Yes, but you are missing the "on any device" part. At least all atempts so far to get my banking issues solved with my toaster have failed.

/Spiff

Re:A little JavaScript, a little DOM

[jonwil]

Why would any IT shop not want to use IE 6?
Its been out long enough that its had various service packs and bugfixes so (unlike XPSP2 which is only just out), its probobly safe enough to use.

Sounds good to me

[The Kenman]

I support xforms.

As a gen-x'r, I prefer to refer to everything as xanything. It really makes my life easier too, as a slacker (I slack therefore I am) you know that I need this. Instead of doing it the old way and calling it FancyNameForSomethingSimple, we just use xsfw. "Honey, where's the xbox?" "I dunno, I think it's in the xcarton in the xcar."

The current forms implementation just sucks.....I'll take xanything new they're willing to try out. Nothing's ever going to replace [java/ecma]script, but if xfroms can cut down on the routine scripting like validation, or maybe just offer some fancy new features (the 'submit as XML' sounds pretty cool!), I'm still xdown.