RE: [PHP4BETA] Small footprint PHP

Hello David, On 14-Dec-99 12:10:42, you wrote: >> > Things like queueing product orders to be submitted and >> > synchronized with a >> > remote server whenever the handheld device user is able would >> be brilliant >> > as they solve many real world problems. >> >> Heh! I was thinking of just such an application in the shower >> this morning. >I agree that it would be really cool for devices such as Palms and Psions >and ht elikes but the point for WAP, at least at this stage is really to be >able to use with mobile devices that have "on-board" access to the internet, >because it involves browsing stuff. Devices such as the MC218, which is WAP >compliant USES the wap component as the browser, hence WML doesn't really >lend itself to this kind of practice... I am not talking about a solution that would in all handheld devices. I am talking about something that would work off-line with devices with enough memory. Anyway, current cellular phones as input devices are not very practical. I am thinking more of pen based devices. I envision offline applications with a broad market like sales support. Today many companies that develop ERP packages have offline modules to support travelling salesmen but those run in laptops. Laptops are not as practical as lightweight pen based devices like Palm Pilots. All you need is a device where you can place orders offline and syncronize the orders with a remote server via Web later whenever possible. >Thereby not implying that it's a bad idea, because it isn't, I just dont see >how that would happen via WML unless we are talking server-based storage, >which as you said isn't really useable for offline use. As I mentioned in another message, that's no longer accurate. We have already lightweight DBMS for Palm devices. >Also if you go to wapforum.org you will find that it says "The de facto >worldwide standard for providing Internet communications and advanced >telephony services on digital mobile phones, pagers, personal digital >assistants and other wireless terminals" more or less implying that the goal >is not to be able to support offline mode... The reality is that there is demand for the offline mode. A local WAP server would not provide the necessary storage. It just would work as interface with offline applications that could run in PHP to interface with local lightweight DBMS. Regards, Manuel Lemos Web Programming Components using PHP Classes. Look at: http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/?user=mlemos@acm.org -- E-mail: mlemos@acm.org URL: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ PGP key: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ManuelLemos.pgp --