exasperaited 14 hours ago

WML/WAP got a bad rap I think, largely because of the way it was developed and imposed/introduced.

But it was not insane, and it represented a clarity of thought that then went missing for decades. Several things that were in WML are quite reminiscent of interactions designed in web components today.

  • anthk 6 hours ago

    Gopher today (and even more Gemini) can do almost anything Wap did but without being a dead platform.

    • exasperaited 5 hours ago

      Have you read the WML 1.x spec? Let alone WML 2.x which never really happened. It had much more interesting scope than Gemini does.

      Gemini is not a good or sensible design. It's reactionary more than it is informed.