3.1. XUL and HTML Compared
Why should anyone bother with XUL at all? Isn't HTML good enough? Doesn't layout succeed in HTML already? Surely HTML tables or CSS2 styles is all you need? Well, HTML is not enough. Figure 3.1 illustrates a message from a public and commercial HTML-based Web application, in this case a high-volume e-commerce travel site.
Figure 3.1. HTML's user interface problems.
In terms of user-interface design, this is truly awful. First, it is about the third time the users have been asked to confirm their transaction. Second, it's highly fragile: Any accidental move by the user can obviously wreck the application. Finally, the ...
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