[Zope] Future of Zope

Johan Carlsson johanc@torped.se
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 16:33:07 +0200


> 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