Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme

From: "Dennis Waldherr" <Dennis.Waldherr@gmx.de>

Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 00:58:56 +0000

> There's not only beauty in simplicity. There's also something to be won.
We
> have players on all operating systems (since our format is open), and
> clients for linux, windows, os/2 - even the amiga. We have at least one
> blind player who reads the turn with the help of a screen reader - by
means
> of a "natural language" report. In our case, that's made on the server,
but
> it could (and should) just as well be generated from the data that's being
> used by the graphical clients. and the same goes for the data that's being
> sent back: It's human-readable, even when generated by a gui client.

That's the trend everybody is following, and it's a good one ;) There were
times were compact data unreadable for humans was needed to not exceed the
player's bandwith. Those who are staying on it because their client/host
system isn't cheatprotected  will loose anyways. Any data format can be
extracted, but mostly it's not even worth it. And open formats is something
I miss at most commercial games. But as we've seen the last few years, even
those commercial ones give their formats away to have enough people
supplying it. And even better than open formats are human readable formats.
1. Everybody can easily implement those formats by studying a few files
without reading masses of specs
2. There is no format which can be extended so much so fast and so easy.
3. I bet you thought there is one thing more - not ?

> Enno.

-
Dennis

References

Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Enno Rehling" <schick.mir.spam@gmx.de>
Fri, 09 Mar 2001 18:34:01 +0000
XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
MindShift Design <teammsd@mindshiftdesign.com>
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:02:52 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 18:21:07 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Enno Rehling" <schick.mir.spam@gmx.de>
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 18:44:24 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Talisman Games" <jon@paladin.net>
Mon, 12 Mar 2001 02:09:49 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Enno Rehling" <schick.mir.spam@gmx.de>
Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:59:25 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
Tim Lomas <tim@nospam.antsnest.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:14:14 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"KC Satyr" <sbrown79@kc.rr.com>
Wed, 01 Nov 2000 01:54:22 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Enno Rehling" <schick.mir.spam@gmx.de>
Wed, 01 Nov 2000 09:12:13 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Talisman Games" <jon@paladin.net>
Fri, 09 Mar 2001 14:38:47 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Talisman Games" <jon@paladin.net>
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 14:15:36 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Talisman Games" <jon@paladin.net>
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 22:32:51 +0000