[vdr] Re: [ANNOUNCE] vdr-wapd-0.0.1 pre-release

[Thomas Heiligenmann <thomas@heiligenmann.de>]

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Jan Ekholm wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Thomas Heiligenmann wrote:
>
> >
> >It's cheaper to test with a local browser ;-)
> >WML is supported eg. by Opera directly. Or you just google for "wml
> >browser". Klondike (http://www.apachesoftware.com) runs fine under wine.
>
> Heh, this is of course true. But browsers are less sensitive to the exact
> data than phones. For instance the authorization worked nicely with
> Konqueror but my phone barfed badly.
>

I found that too. You need a whole collection of browsers and phones to
test all the stuff ;-)

>
> It has a nice decoding function. The Perl module that was suggested
> earlier also has one, but it's full of C Perl code and not so easy to use.
> I'll ask the author if I can borrow the function.
>
> Btw, another little improvement, I can come up with a patch later if you
> think it's a good idea. The initial menu doesn't have to be a table, it
> could just as well be a simple <br/> separated list of the items. The
> frame around the items looks a bit out of place. Using your macros this
> should be a simple change.
>

I've made a version without tables and it looks quite useable. I'll upload
it later as version 0.0.1b...

T.