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For example, the following WML page could be saved as "example.wml" :
WML pages are stored on a Web Server . They are accessed by a WAP Gateway , which sits between mobile devices and the World Wide Web, passing pages from one to the other much like a Proxy . This translates pages into a form suitable for mobiles. This process is hidden from the phone, so it may access the page in the same way as a browser accesses html, using a URL (for example Wireless Markup Language is a lot like HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) in that it provides navigational support, data input, hyperlinks, text and image presentation, and forms. A WML document is known as a “deck”. Data in the deck is structured into one or more “cards” (pages) – each which represents a single interaction with the user. WML has a scaled down set of procedural elements which can be used by the author to control navigation to other cards. Mobile devices are moving towards support for greater amounts of XHTML and even standard HTML as processing power in handsets increases. It is likely WML will be phased out in the future. The Opera web browser supports WML. There is also an extension available for the Mozilla / Firefox browsers to display WML content: http://wmlbrowser.mozdev.org/ More WML capable Browser s/ Emulator s:
The only with strict WML syntax check:
Online WML/WAP browsers (no need to download): WML-generation tools: SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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