Comments on: Picoformats: microformats for mobile http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/10/picoformats-microformats-for-mobile/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:32:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Next Generation Internet » Picoformats ännu mindre än Microformats http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/10/picoformats-microformats-for-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-55835 Next Generation Internet » Picoformats ännu mindre än Microformats Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:16:43 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/10/picoformats-microformats-for-mobile/#comment-55835 [...] Picoformats är urspungligen ett project sprunget frÃ¥n Chris Messina och en Wiki finns samt en del info hos Chris [...] [...] Picoformats är urspungligen ett project sprunget frÃ¥n Chris Messina och en Wiki finns samt en del info hos Chris [...]

]]> By: Chris Messina http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/10/picoformats-microformats-for-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-22222 Chris Messina Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:33:31 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/10/picoformats-microformats-for-mobile/#comment-22222 Well SMS standards is a different beast than picoformats... since picoformats only deals with the *content* of the SMS, which should be fairly universally supported. The goal is to come up with community-based standards (that is, message syntax that people actually use in real life) to help make it easier not only to remember how to SMS services and get things done, but so that more services can be built out without having different namespaces or syntaxes overlap and cause problems... What if "quit" and "stop" mean different things at different services and you forget which service uses which word? Wouldn't it be better if there was *one* word across all services that did the same thing? It's kind of like developing a command line for cell phones... a syntax for expressing things that works no matter what SMS-to-web service you're using! Well SMS standards is a different beast than picoformats… since picoformats only deals with the *content* of the SMS, which should be fairly universally supported.

The goal is to come up with community-based standards (that is, message syntax that people actually use in real life) to help make it easier not only to remember how to SMS services and get things done, but so that more services can be built out without having different namespaces or syntaxes overlap and cause problems… What if “quit” and “stop” mean different things at different services and you forget which service uses which word? Wouldn’t it be better if there was *one* word across all services that did the same thing?

It’s kind of like developing a command line for cell phones… a syntax for expressing things that works no matter what SMS-to-web service you’re using!

]]> By: Christoph Burgdorfer http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/10/picoformats-microformats-for-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-22211 Christoph Burgdorfer Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:26:57 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/10/picoformats-microformats-for-mobile/#comment-22211 From my experience, it is unlikely if not impossible to push standards through to all mobile devices. It's a question of power. Each manufacturer seems to try to push their standards and extinct all possible competitor. Already today, we have at least 5 different way of triggering the SMS application of a mobile handset. <a href="1234567" rel="nofollow"></a>, WTAI, i-mode, webinterface, ... just to mention a few. I think in the mobile industry the struggle for market share is much more competitive because each % of market share may translate into pure revenue in the future. All straight via phone bill. From my experience, it is unlikely if not impossible to push standards through to all mobile devices. It’s a question of power. Each manufacturer seems to try to push their standards and extinct all possible competitor. Already today, we have at least 5 different way of triggering the SMS application of a mobile handset. , WTAI, i-mode, webinterface, … just to mention a few.
I think in the mobile industry the struggle for market share is much more competitive because each % of market share may translate into pure revenue in the future. All straight via phone bill.

]]> By: Tom Hume http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/10/picoformats-microformats-for-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-13590 Tom Hume Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:47:04 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/10/picoformats-microformats-for-mobile/#comment-13590 Sounds interesting. Is there a mailing list etc to get involved? Sounds interesting. Is there a mailing list etc to get involved?

]]> By: Rajan http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/10/picoformats-microformats-for-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-11654 Rajan Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:42:59 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/10/picoformats-microformats-for-mobile/#comment-11654 I totally agree on this chris ! I have'nt worked much on microformatst but I would be closely looking at picoformats as mobile is where I am spending a lot of my attention. Rajan I totally agree on this chris ! I have’nt worked much on microformatst but I would be closely looking at picoformats as mobile is where I am spending a lot of my attention.

Rajan

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