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'''WAP''' or Wireless Application Protocol is part of the [[IMT-2000]] [[ITU]] standards that includes [[GPRS]], [[Bluetooth]], [[DECT]] and [[UMTS]]. It has been the subject of much [[pro-technology propaganda]]. | '''WAP''' or Wireless Application Protocol is part of the [[IMT-2000]] [[ITU]] standards that includes [[GPRS]], [[Bluetooth]], [[DECT]] and [[UMTS]]. It has been the subject of much [[pro-technology propaganda]]. | ||
A maximum of 1397 bytes of compressed content per page is the maximum in order to work with currently fielded devices. | A maximum of 1397 bytes of compressed content per page is the maximum in order to work with currently fielded devices like a five-year-old, | ||
four-line-display [[Nokia]]. | |||
However, WAP is basically dead: [[XHTML]] and [[CSS]] have supplanted it, offering easier (and more widespread) implementation with very little additional overhead. | |||
"[[MediaWiki XHTML]] source is hardly ideal, but it works. The lightweight | |||
skins make it perfectly suitable for the kind of dynamic interaction we | |||
would ask from it with WAP, and for a more tailored interface there's | |||
always [[TomeRaider]]." - [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2004-July/016048.html] | |||
=== references === | === references === | ||
*[http://www.gsm-technology.com/gsm.php/en,unlock,subpage_id,technologie_WAP.html WAP specs] | *[http://www.gsm-technology.com/gsm.php/en,unlock,subpage_id,technologie_WAP.html WAP specs] | ||