Chapter 4. Text Formatting for WML

Chapter 3, “The Wireless Markup Language (WML),” introduced you to the WML used to create the structure of a WAP application. In this chapter, you jump further into WAP development by looking at using WML to format text within your applications.

Most WAP devices display applications from a two-inch screen, with data traveling over networks at average speeds of 9.6Kbps. With this type of speed, WAP applications must be efficient. However, this does not mean that your WAP applications can’t be slick and exciting.

This chapter examines the WML that provides the capability to control the look and feel of how text displays for users. In other words, this chapter introduces you to the elements needed to give your ...

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