Re: [Widgets] Brief feedback

I agree with Ed about making a distinction between style and metadata. 
However, I would like to investigate further the implications of the 
width and height elements before considering discarding them.
Marcos 

Ed Voas wrote:
>
> Well, but my point is that it should only be metadata. Initial sizes 
> should be in the DOM (and hence the HTML somehow). I learned the hard 
> way that mixing the two... not so good.
>
> Anne van Kesteren wrote:
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>> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:50:34 +0100, Ed Voas <voas@yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> * <application>, or
>>>> * <component>, or
>>>> * <about>, or
>>>> * <manifest>, or
>>>> * <metadata>, or
>>>> * <configuration>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hmm. In pondering this I also question the name of the file. Since
>>> this is metadata, I'm thinking it shouldn't even be called
>>> config.xml, but perhaps just manifest.xml.
>>
>>
>> It's not just metadata. For instance, the <height> and <width> 
>> elements  set the initial size of the widget. Now I agree that 
>> they're not the most  optimal solution for that, but it's the kind of 
>> information you might want  to put in this file. As well as other 
>> information that's important for the  widget.
>>
>>
>>> I can see it being used
>>> for metadata and packaging information that user agents can use to
>>> pull the Widget apart and start it up. That said, I am partial to
>>> <manifest>.
>>
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Received on Monday, 13 November 2006 02:42:44 UTC