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Unit 6: Card Navigation

The result MIGHT look like this in your mobile phone display (don’t take it for granted that all Notes
formatting tags will render as expected):
—— Formatting ——-

normal
emphasized
strong
bold

italic
underline
big
small

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
13. The soft hyphen can be added within a word to suggest the best possible place to break the
word with a ……………………..

14. The mode …………………….. must be used sparingly since various devices handle it
differently and often not well.
15. The …………………….. attribute assigns a name for a card.

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Caselet Saying it Right

IRELESS communications are increasingly binding us, like the invisible strands
of a giant spider. S. Ruseyev puts together the technique in action in WAP
WTechnology and Applications, a book from Eswar Press (www.eswarbooks.com).
A myth about wireless application protocol (WAP) is that it provides delivery of the
entire content of the Internet to wireless terminals. Also, all the media hype about these
wireless wonders glosses over the limitations of wireless networks. “The wireless channels’
capacities are less, their inactive period is longer, their connection is less stable, and
service accessibility is not as predictable.” Plus, wireless terminals have a host of problems
such as smaller screens, processing power, RAM, battery power, and keyboards. “Hence,
there will always be a wide gap between the best PC and the best wireless pocket device.”
Yet, one should understand that the requirements of a wireless terminal owner are different
from those of PC user. “Wireless terminals are useful companions when you need prompt
information or want to get access to corporate data while on the move.”
For language buffs, WML — the markup lingo for wireless applications — can be
interesting. It has the same syntax as XML, and is very similar to HTML. “Therefore, all
Web developers who studied these languages over the last 10 years may promptly apply
their knowledge to using WML.”
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