Re: Is WebObjects Dead?
Re: Is WebObjects Dead?
- Subject: Re: Is WebObjects Dead?
- From: Karl Gretton <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:57:29 -0500
Hi,
Most multi-million hit websites use some form of front-end web server
and caching technology, regardless of what is powering it. The BBC is
one of the worlds largest websites. Their BBC Interactive and News
sites are WO generated in real time but then cached to disc and served
by a web server.
In the case of Disney, their public facing registration applications
(booking various vacations, etc) use WO.
There are many other public websites too....take Toyota...they use WO
in Canada, New Zealand and various other locations.
Fundamentally, the WOComponents and WODynamic Elements are HTML 4
compliant...just not XHTML. It is pretty simple to output high quality
pages with WO.
Karl
On Feb 25, 2004, at 8:05 AM, Michael Engelhart wrote:
Point taken but my concerns lie in the fact that the HTML 4 spec has
been out for many many years and WOBuilder still outputs HTML 3.2
which makes me nervous. I'm less concerned with having a fully XHTML
site but I'd really like to see the option to show that Apple is
keeping up with the Jones's.
I can guarantee that if Macromedia Dreamweaver, BBEdit or Adobe GoLive
output HTML 3.2 formatted templates only nobody would use those tools.
It just rings of not being well developed by Apple. I realize
there are numerous factors involved in changing WO to be more
"current" but to start a project and try and convince peers it's worth
risking on a large project is hard to do especially when the tiny bit
of marketing hype Apple and the authors of the books out there always
point to are Fortune 500 websites like Disney, Adobe, and the BBC none
of which appear to use WO on their external web sites. I guess they
could all be using mod_rewrite but who knows.
Mike
On Feb 25, 2004, at 7:43 AM, Dev WO wrote:
If I can just give a point:
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