We are also keeping an eye on developments in the Mozilla community, and the things they are working on look like they could be very promising as a foundation for eventually providing a much more usable and robust interface to Zope without losing the benefits of the through-the-web model. Such a thing would fit better with our standards-based approach than a totally non-std java interface, and using XUL and some of the other Moz technologies would allow Zope to provide a rich interface and still remain easily customizable.
And don't forget the ZIE-project using Microsoft's proprietary API to enhance the UI ;-) As I understand it, XUL is proprietary Moz-tech, right? With a web browser installation rate at approximately 70-30 it's impossible to ignore Microsoft, where one likes it or not. //johan