(2002-10-18) Prescod Browser Client

Paul Prescod on a bright future for the browser as sufficiently-RichClient (given XML, XSLT, CSS, XHTML, SVG, XForms, E C M Ascript, perhaps XUL). In other words, the choice between Web features and desktop app features is entirely a false dichotomy. Using Web techniques, we can build a Universal Interface Virtual Machine (UIVM). It could give us the best of both worlds. What is holding the UIVM back? We are in the funny situation where the leading browser vendor is really not a fan of browsers. Maybe a bit too much Mozilla boosterism...